S

hould Primo Ministor Narondra Modi havo gono on

national Tv to addross sohoolohildron on Guru Utsav or, i
you so proor, Toaohors' Day? Tho answor to this soomingly
innoouous but inovitably politioisod quostion will naturally
dopond on who you ask.
To paronts who soo sohool oduoation as tho oumborsomo
waiting poriod booro a ohild gots into an Amorioan univorsity
and lio in tho First World, Modi's intoraotion was simply a wasto
o timo. Ator all, as a Modi-hator twootod, why oluttor a ohild's
mind with politios? n any oaso, tho sooptios will pronounoo,
what worthwhilo mossago oan a neta and ono who didn't go
to Cambridgo liko chacha Nohru and Pahul baba dolivor to
our young oitizons? Tho moro paranoid onos will porhaps go to
tho oxtont o dosoribing tho ontiro oxoroiso as PSS-inspirod
"brainwashing" o improssionablo minds.
suspoot tho answors will bo a littlo dioront i you woro
to ask mombors o tho 'aspirational olassos' tho onos who
sot asido a disproportionato sharo o thoir annual inoomo or
thoir ohildron's oduoation. Thoy would porhaps ool a oortain
prido i thoir ohild's Kondriya vidyalaya had boon solootod
or tho national hook-up. And, i by ohanoo, thoir son or
daughtor had boon pro-solootod to ask ono o thoso (no
doubt rohoarsod and somowhat stylisod) quostions to tho
PM, thoy will bo walking on air or tho noxt throo months.
Yos, Modi's tolovisod Guru Utsav intoraotion did triggor a
oontrovorsy. Most things Modi doos inoluding boating tho
drum in Tokyo and giting tho Gita to tho Japanoso Emporor
booomo a sub|oot o somo aorimony. That's somothing
Modi will havo to livo with and darosay ho aotually on|oys
tho toofan ho gonoratos. But politioal posturing apart, was
tho Guru Utsav ongagomont somothing worthwhilo. And
should it bo ropoatod noxt yoar?
My answor to both quostions is a oatogorioal 'Yos'.
Loaving asido tho prosumptuousnoss o tho assortion
that no PM apart rom
Jawaharlal Nohru has tho
right and tho orodontials
to ongago with ndia's
sohool goors, tho point to
noto is that tho largor
mossago o Modi was
laudablo.
First, ho triod to
impross upon tho ohildron
tho importanoo o
bolonging to a national
oommunity. To my mind,
howovor, thoro is
somothing quito
appoaling in ovory (or, at
loast, most)
sohoolohildron sharing a
oommon oxporionoo in an
atmosphoro o oollootivo
unison. Thoro is a big
dioronoo botwoon
ohildron watohing Modi's
intoraotion rom homo
and thom oxporionoing it
oollootivoly. Tho oxtonsion
o tho oollogiato spirit into
a national spirit is what
tho programmo intondod.
To that oxtont, it will orm
an important part o a
ohild's largor sohool
oxporionoo. ndood, noxt
yoar Modi should
ondoavour to havo tho
intoraotion outsido Dolhi,
may bo at a sohool in
Arunaohal Pradosh.
Sooond, muoh o what
Modi said was dovotod to
valuos and national prioritios: Having a liolong rospoot or
toaohors, motivating paronts into sonding girls to sohool,
dovoloping tho roading habit, mastoring all availablo
toohnology, saving powor and avoiding wasto, mastoring
skills and, most important, on|oying tho oxhilaration o boing
young. Tho torm 'valuo oduoation' has boon rubbishod by tho
votarios o progrossivo oduoation who boliovo that ohildron
mustn't bo taught, only onoouragod to disoovor. With his
ormidablo national standing and politioal olout, Modi has
attomptod to link good sohooling with good oitizonship.
Finally, in attaohing so muoh importanoo to Guru Utsav,
Modi sought to oonor on sohool toaohors a largo moasuro
o proossional prido. Yos, toaohors havo a litany o
oomplaints somo logitimato and othors that smaok o a
trado union montality. n timo tho Govornmont will havo to
porsuado Stato Govornmonts and privato institutions to bo
moro mindul o thoir logitimato noods. But this will bo
onormously aoilitatod i tho old-ashionod rospoot or tho
guru booomos tho sooial oonsonsus onoo again.
n tho proooss o oasing himsol into his primo ministorial
rosponsibilitios, Modi, it would soom, is oonorring on politios
an additional dimonsion. Pight rom tho Pod Fort spoooh on
August 15 to his intorvontion last Friday atornoon, ho has
boon strossing aspoots o govornanoo that appoar to havo
bypassod ndia's politioal olass. Aooording to oonvontional
logio, tho oonstruotion o toilots (ospooially or womon), tho
onrolmont o girls in sohools, and tho promiso to oloan up
ndia's physioal spaoo don't oonstituto politios. Modi is
borrowing a loa rom Mahatma Gandhi's onlargomont o tho
politioal spaoo through tho "oonstruotivo programmo" and
positioning himsol as somothing moro than |ust a politioal
loador ongagod in oompotitivo olootoral politios.
Tho transition o Modi in loss than a yoar has boon
romarkablo. n Soptombor 2013, ho was |ust tho irst among
oquals in tho BJP; by ond-May o this ator his rosounding
olootoral viotory ho booamo tho unohallongod loador o his
party and ooalition; by tho ond o 2014, ho would havo
transormod himsol into a PM who is also tho oountry's
aoknowlodgod loador. What wo aro witnossing is not moroly
tho transormation o Narondra Modi but a dooisivo shit in tho
moaning o politioal loadorship. Tho Modi who will prosont
himsol or ro-olootion in 2019 will bo a vory dioront man than
tho individual who was tho oandidato or tho top |ob in 2014.
Tho ohango promisos to bo vory oxoiting.
USUALSUSPECTS
SwAFAh 0AS0uFTA
Modi's televised Guru
Utsav interaction did
trigger a controversy.
Most things Modi does
- including beating the
drum in Tokyo and
gifting the 6XcP to the
Japanese Emperor -
become a subject of
some acrimony. That's
something Modi will
have to live with and
daresay he actually
enjoys the c^^UP] he
generates. But political
posturing apart, was
the Guru Utsav
engagement something
worthwhile. And should
it be repeated next
year? My answer to
both questions is a
categorical 'Yes'
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T
he toll in the Jammu &
Kashmir floods has risen to
160 as the floods, the worst the
State has seen in 60 years,
affected more than 2,500 vil-
lages, Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh on Saturday said
as he assured help to deal with
the grim situation.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi was briefed on Saturday
evening by the Home Minister
after his return from Jammu &
Kashmir to survey the flood-
affected areas. In view of the
seriousness of the situation, the
Prime Minister immediately
called for a review meeting to
assess the situation. The meet-
ing was attended by the
Cabinet Secretary, the Principal
Secretary to Prime Minister
and the Additional Principal
Secretary to Prime Minister.
Rajnath Singh said that
160 people have lost their
lives in these floods. Floods of
this magnitude have hit Jammu
& Kashmir after 60 years.
He said more than 2,500 vil-
lages were affected, out of which
450 were completely sub-
merged. The Union Minister
arrived in the State earlier in the
day on a days visit to take stock
of the flood situation.
The devastating floods con-
tinued to wreak havoc in
Kashmir Valley for the fifth
straight day on Saturday as inter-
mittent rainfall continued amid
free-flow of ferocious streams
and the swelling Jhelum River.
The Jhelum, flowing many
feet above the danger mark
breached the banks at several
places inundating more popu-
lated areas in the Capital
Srinagar. Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah drove visiting Home
Minister Rajnath Singh and
MoS Jatinder Singh to several
submerged localities to assess
the flood situation.
The Army, State adminis-
tration, civilian volunteers and
police continued the massive
rescue operation in the worst-
affected areas, especially in
south Kashmirs Pulwama,
Anantnag and Kulgam districts.
The degree of devastation is
colossal. We are focusing on res-
cue and relief operations only.
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Related reports on P6
Fh8 Q hEw 0ELh
I
n a rare punitive action, the
CRPF has suspended 17 of its
personnel, including four junior
officers, for dereliction of duty
and deserting martyred col-
leagues during a deadly ambush
in Sukma earlier this year, in
which 11 paramilitary person-
nel, four from the State police
and a civilian were killed.
The move comes after a
Court of Inquiry (CoI) insti-
tuted following the March 11
incident in Chhattisgarh stated
in its preliminary findings that
these personnel (those sus-
pended now) displayed lack of
action and did not show satis-
factory counter action to save
their fellow troops as they
themselves ran for cover.
CRPF Director General
Dilip Trivedi told The Pioneer,
They have been suspended by
Inspector General Chhattisgarh
after the preliminary inquiry
found them guilty on these
charges. The final quantum of
punishment will be decided
after the full enquiry is com-
pleted within the next three
months, officials said.
This is a rare disciplinary
action taken by the CRPF
against its own personnel
deployed in the anti-Naxal the-
atre. CRPF is designated the
lead agency for anti-Naxal
operations in the country and
is assisting the State police
forces for over a decade.
These personnel have
been suspended as they have
been found guilty of dereliction
of duty and soldier-like con-
duct. Those suspended include
14 constables and four subor-
dinate officers in the rank of
Inspector and Assistant Sub-
inspectors, officials said.
The enquiry was conduct-
ed by a Commandant rank
officer and the recommenda-
tions are now being processed
by a Deputy Inspector General
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V 1kYkk1 Q K0Ch
K
eralas Congress-led UDF
Government has decided to
recommend a CBI investigation
into the murder of RSS leader
Manoj at Kathiroor in Kannur
allegedly by a CPI(M) killer gang
on September 1. Home Minister
Ramesh Chennithala said that the
Government took the decision
considering the extremely serious
dimensions of the case.
The Government decision was
based on the recommendation of
the State DGP, Chennithala said in
Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
The Government does not have
any particular political interest in
this and the decision was not taken
under pressure from any quar-
ters, he said. The State BJP wel-
comed the Government decision.
Police had charged the eight
accused in the murder case under
Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, and as per its provisions, the
matter had to be reported to the
Centre within 15 days, the Minister
said. It is the Centre which has to
take a final decision on which the
agency should carry out the probe,
he pointed out.
A delegation of the BJP and RSS
had on Thursday submitted a mem-
orandum to Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy calling for a
probe by a Central agency into the
murder. A special team of the Kerala
Polices Crime Branch is currently
holding the investigation. The gang
had murdered Manoj after creating
a terror situation on the crime spot
by hurling country bombs and they
had killed him by slitting the throat.
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8kk 8EhFTk Q K0LKATA
T
he Saradha fire has now begun to
threaten Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjees backyard.
For the first time since his arrest in the
Saradha chit fund case about 11 months ago,
suspended and jailed Trinamool Congress
MP Kunal Ghosh considered one of the
prime accused in the case on Saturday
took Banerjees name, literally implicating
her in the multi-crore scandal.
Ghosh, who also worked as the CEO of
Saradhas news channels and media empire,
told both the trial court and newsmen that
the Chief Minister was the biggest benefi-
ciary of the Saradha media projects. The CBI
now investigating the multi-crore ponzi
scam should bring Banerjee, Saradha chief
Sudipto Sen and himself face-to-face to
know the truth, he asserted.
If anyone who has benefitted the most
both directly and indirectly from the
Saradha media projects it is Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee, the jailed Trinamool MP
alleged even as he was taken to the CGO
complex for a fresh round of CBI grilling.
Soon after he made the remarks sources
in the central agency said they were look-
ing forward to extract volumes of what he
knows about the crucial connections
between the influential people he is nam-
ing and the Saradha scam.
Ghosh pleaded his case himself on
Saturday at the trial court where he urged
his investigators to jointly grill Banerjee,
Sen and himself.
Curiously, Ghoshs statement comes bare-
ly a day after Banerjee had accused the media
of trying to falsely implicate her name in the
scam and former party leader Asif Khan telling
a television channel that he had seen the
Trinamool leaders transform economically
from a state where they had to fight for two
square meals and the one when they had hard
cash between C100 crore to C1,000-crore.
There were days when I saw many
Trinamool leaders who did not have two
square meals. But today they have
C100, 500 or even 1,000
crore. From where
this fund has come
only they can answer.
Insofar as I am con-
cerned, I can show them
my bank accounts and
statements if they come
to me, Khan had said on
Friday. In what seemed
to be a crucial step on the
part of the CBI, the inves-
tigating agency took a
fresh remand of Ghosh.
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I
n its relentless pursuit to break the
backbone of Indian Mujahideen
(IM)s pan-India network, the Special
Cell of Delhi Police has arrested Ajaz
Sheikh (27), the alleged backroom
operator of IM. It was Sheikh who had
sent anonymous mails to media hous-
es claiming responsibility after the
attack on Taiwanese tourists near Jama
Masjid and the Varanasi blasts in 2010.
Sheikh provided logistical support
during IM strikes all over the country.
Sheikh was arrested on Friday night from
outside Saharanpur Railway Station in
Western Uttar Pradesh by a team of Delhi
Polices Special Cell following a specific
Intelligence about his movement.
He is a resident of Pune in
Maharashtra and he has been identified
as the silent India-based techie, logis-
tics man and hawala router of the
banned terrorist organisation. Sheikh
was on the radar of the security agen-
cies after he was identified as the key
man of IM behind its subversive activ-
ities in the country.
He had close links with IM founders
Riyaz Bhatkal and Mohsin Chowdhary,
who are now housed in Pakistan after the
Batla House encounter on September 19,
2008. He is the brother-in-law of
Chowdhary and directly took com-
mands from these two from across the
border, said Special Commissioner
(Special Cell) SN Shrivastava.
In spite of the busting of several IM
modules, and the recent arrests of Yasin
Bhatkal, Tehsin Akhtar, Assadullah
Akhtar alias Haddi, Waqas and others,
the one mystery that had remained
unsolved was the identity of the person
who was behind the e-mails sent under
the signature of Al Arabi, claiming
responsibility for the Varanasi serial
blasts and the Jama Masjid terror attacks.
All investigations into this aspect
had consistently hit a dead end with the
growing realisation amongst various
security agencies that the perpetrator
was technically super-smart and had
practically left no trace of his identity
while espousing the nefarious claims of
IM. The arrest of Ajaz Sheikh has final-
ly unravelled the mystery behind the
claim made on behalf of IM after the
infamous Jama Masjid terror strikes of
2010, said Shrivastava.
Besides sending e-mails, Ajaz Sheikh
used to provide logistics to the IM oper-
atives in India and prepared fake IDs
required by them for procuring SIM
cards, collecting foreign money transfers,
obtaining rooms on rent and even in get-
ting enrolled in professional educational
institutions as a cover, police said.
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MhIT kkhhkI Q JAMMu
T
he flood situation in Jammu
& Kashmir is turning grim
with every passing hour. On
Saturday, 26 more deaths were
reported from Udhampur,
Poonch and Jammu districts in
Jammu division.
In Jammu, flood fury swept
away portion of an embank-
ment connecting the newly-
constructed bridge over the
River Tawi. The district admin-
istration also closed down four
existing bridges disrupting
normal life here. Concertina
wires were raised on both sides
of the approach roads and bar-
ricades were raised to prevent
entry of motorists. Regular
announcements were made for
common people to stay
away from bridges amid con-
stantly rising water levels.
Thirteen deaths were
reported from Udhampur
where people died due to
house collapse at different
places in Talpad, Rakhbadali,
Manthal, Latti and Upper
Tholawa villages. Seven deaths
were reported from Poonch
and five people died near
Bajalta in Jammu after their
shed was hit by a mudslide.
To assess the flood fury on
Ground Zero, Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh along
with MoS PMO Jitendra Singh
conducted an aerial survey of
the flood-hit areas in Akhnoor
and Jourian in Jammu and
termed the situation grim.
Addressing a Press confer-
ence at Technical Airport in
Jammu, the Home Minister
later said, The situation is wor-
risome and the Central
Government is helping the State
extend all possible assistance to
the affected population.
The Home Minister said the
Prime Minister has expressed
his sympathy and announced
that C2 lakh ex-gratia amount
would be given to each of next
of kin of the deceased and
C50,000 to the injured.
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Kashmir in six decades.
Natures earlier such fury has
been recorded in 1902, 1928,
1955, 1957 and 1959. After the
1902 flood, the Srinagar city
remained inundated for two
years as Jhelum discharged
1,00,000 cusecs of water. In the
1928 flood, the Jhelum dis-
charged 80,000 cusecs as
against its normal discharge of
9,000 cusecs. The danger mark
is crossed after 20,000 cusecs
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sually biopics are rarely based
on the true and authentic facts.
In order to commercial it,
directors and producers tend to over-
dramatise the events that take place
and hence, take away the real essence
of what the protagonist really went
through. For example, in Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag, Milkha Singh himself had said
that some events in the movie had
been dramatised and that they never
took place. And so may be the case in
Mary Kom. It is a difficult to imagine
that a husband who pushed his wife
into go back to boxing would at the
most important match of her life give a
news that would break her.
However, due credit should be
given to Omung Kumar for at least
showcasing the achievement of a truly
great sports woman that India has
produced in a long time, Mary Kom is
the only woman boxer to have won a
medal in each one of the six World
Championships. It is definitely not a
small feat for a woman to excel in a
field which is totally male dominated.
So one has to see the movie from
the sports perspective the rise of a
woman from a State which many
people still think is another country.
Mary Kom played by Priyanka Chopra
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hose who have seen the
earlier version, may be
familiar with the neo-noir
(the new black) style of motion
pictures. To make it easier who
those who are not familiar with
the modern concept of filming, it
is more like a comic book version
that comes alive on a 70 mm
screen.
Those who love to watch a
movie which is not your usual
Hollywood flick, this one will
make for an interesting
experience even if there are
several references to what
happened earlier read the Sin
City. The good part is that
directors Robert Rodriguez and
Frank Miller take you in flash
back to give a sneak peek into
what had happened in the
prequel. Of course, the Sin City
fans will find this one just as
interesting; for its OTT action,
artful director, brilliant CGI and
the amalgamation of four stories
that flow smoothly from one to
another without one feeling that
these are in fact different stories.
And the best story told is that
of Eva Green. In a black and
white backdrop, her green eyes
are a show stopper. Add to this an
electric blue dress with red
lipstick, perfect nails and a body
with all its allure on display, one
has a perfect reason to kill for.
And killing is the premise of this
one. The good part is that most
of the blood and gore gets a
makeover since it is in black and
white. And where there is blood
and gore, it has been well-shot.
However, movie is not for
those who abhor violence in any
for. With heads rolling, hands
being chopped off, fingers being
broken with pliers and people
being shot at point-blank range, it
is not your average action-drama
from the Hollywood kitty.
But if one is looking for a
movie which doesnt have much
to offer in terms of a storyline but
has plenty of testosterone
running, where women are barely
clad and melodrama thrown in
for good measure, then Sin City:
A Dame to Kill For is worth a
watch.
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says in the movie: I hate it when I tell
people that I am from Manipur and
they ask which country is that?
As Mary Kom, PC has done a good
job. One does see that in some parts she
stumbles with the Hindi accent of a girl
from Manipur but on the whole PC has
managed to keep herself within the ring.
And though she has tried to bring forth
the emotional turmoil that Mary Kom
would have actually gone through in real
life, the downer is that nobody can
emote the inner battle that MC has had
to undergo. Therefore, to step into her
shoes and feel her pain and struggle is
somewhat missing.
Omung Kumar could have done a
better job of putting some soul into the
film that he was making on a person
who is known as the Magnificent Mary.
But he somewhat redeems himself for
having chosen a good starcast. Darshan
Kumar, who plays MCs husband has
done a good job as has Sunil Thapa who
plays the coach.
It is definitely a movie that is worth
watching. Not because of some out-of-
the-box performance by the starcast
but because one must know the story
of the Indian boxer who has made the
country proud.
A special request, kindly stand up
at the end of the movie for the National
Anthem. It will be small tribute that one
can pay to all those sportsperson who
have brought glory to the country.
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QWhat is your character in Big Magics
Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai (AGGJ) all about?
I play Jagadamba Shaktishaali, a nani-saas
who has a love-hate relationship with her
son-in-law Chintu Chautala Shaktishali
(played by Sumit Vats). Its a comedy drama
which questions the traditional belief that
betiya toh paraya dhan hoti hai. Why is it
that only women have to leave their home
after marriage? Why dont men leave their
house after marriage and come and stay with
the in-laws is what the serial is all about. So,
in that sense, the story is about a matriarchal
family.
QFrom your debut in Humrahi in the 80s to
Ajab Gajab Ghar Jamai, how have things
changed
When I bagged my first show Humrahi I
had just passed out from National School of
Drama (NSD). I treated TV and films like
theatre and used to put in a lot of effort and
thought into how I would want to portray my
character and how will it move forward. Over
an hour would be spent on preparing just one
shot before the final take. Today, we get no
time to either think or experiment with the
character we play. Even then, I try to give the
best possible shot in the time slot that we
have now.
QWhere does TV stand today?
Watching television has become painful
and daily soaps have only gone from bad
to worse. Earlier, daily soap used to
come once or twice a week and we
used to shoot one episode in five
days. But now, in one day, we
have to shoot one full episode of
22 minutes. TV has become
mechanical, there is no scope to
put in your thought into the
character one is playing. There is
little content in serials these
days. I dont think any show can
challenge the content which was
there in Humrahi.
QHow did you cope up with the
changes?
When I started working for Ekta
Kapoors Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu
Thi, the first few days were a
nightmare. Bulky jewellery, heavy
sarees and too much make-up was not
my style. Being a passionate actor, we
used to discuss lines that were written in
the script. But then the director and
assistant directors would tell us: Jaisa
likha hai waise he bol do. Khatam karo.
Agla scene bhi shoot kerna hai. Their
frustration was quite visible on their face.
I wanted to run away from all this but
realised that this kind of scenario was
here to stay. I had no other option but to
adapt myself to these changes.
QHow has been your experience working
in art and commercial cinema?
Coming from NSD, I
used to look down upon
commercial cinema. But
then I realised that
commercial films were
important if one wanted to eke
out a livelihood as an actor. Art is a
completely different genre. I loved
working with Shayam Benegal especially
in movies like Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
and Mammo (1994). Recently, I worked with
him in the tele-series Samvidhan which was
based on the making of the Indian
Constitution. Shyam Benegal is an
encyclopedia in himself. After so many years,
he is still the same warm, caring and a
genius director.
QYou have worked with two generations of
Bollywood actors. Can you share some
moments?
When I was working with Rishi Kapoor
in Prem Granth (1996) and Aa Ab Laut
Chalen (1999), we used to have so much fun
on the sets. In fact, I told him during that
period that I had fallen in love with him after
watching Bobby as had many other of my
college friends. He told me never to say this
to Ranbir. That time Ranbir was studying in
the US and on his visits to India, he would
run all over the place and Chintuji used to
tell him: What are you doing here. Go and
learn something. And turning to me, he
would say, Himaniji, take him with you and
show some play or opera.
More than 15 years down the line, when I
was working with Ranbir in Besharam, I
never thought that he would remember all
that. He told me that he hated watching the
plays but did it to please his father.
QYou have also worked with Roshans. How
was it working with them?
I worked with Rakeshji in Koyla (1997)
starring Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.
Hrithik was one of the assistants in the film.
He used to come to me and say: Madam
your shot is ready. It never occurred to me
that he was Rakeshjis son. Three years later, I
was shooting in Hyderabad for a film and saw
the promos of Kaho Naa Pyar Hai. It was
then that I came to know that the assistant
was Rakeshjis son.
Then in 2001, I got an opportunity to
work with him in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie
Gham, Main Prem Ki Deewani Hu (2003) and
Mujhse Dosti Karogi (2002). Karan Johar
jokingly said that now that since I had
already worked with two generations of
Bollywood actors, a time will come when I
will be playing the role of a grandmother to
Hrithik, Karisma and Ranbirs sons as well. It
was quite funny.
QHow difficult has the journey been so far?
It was tough being a single parent; to
juggle home and a career. There were days
when my day would begin at 7 am and end at
3 am. I would get a couple of hours of sleep
only to wake up to teach my son Maths.
Those days were tough. But I got by. I dont
regret having had to work hard.
QYou never left working in TV even though
you had become popular in films. Why?
Somebody once asked me: You are doing
films with Yash Raj, Sudhash Ghai, Shayam
Benegal. Why are you still doing TV serials?.
I told him that even though Im getting good
films, TV was what made me popular and Ill
never stop working for it. It made me famous
as Devki. And one sees big actors like
Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay
Kumar making their way to TV. People have
started looking up to television.
QWhat are some of the roles that are close
to your heart?
I have done a variety of roles like comedy,
negative and drama. The good part is that I
never got typecast. Im happy that I get to do
bold and character-driven roles like I got to
do in TV serials like Humrahi and Hasratein,
and films like Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Dilwale
Dulhania Le Jayenge, Hero No 1, Pardes, Prem
Granth, Veer Gati etc.
A
sha Negi, known for her
character as Purvi in
Pavitra Rishta is
completely in love with the
modern and chic look that she
flaunts in Ek Mutthi Asmaan.
The actor recently replaced
Rachna Parulkar (Kalpi) as
female protagonist. Its so nice
to be yourself on the screen as
well. Suhanas character is very
modern as compared to my
previous roles, Negi says adding
that in order to play Purvis
character she had to tone down
a bit because, the character was
that of a simple and modest girl.
However, when it comes to
playing Suhana she can be
herself. Suhana is jolly and
chirpy in nature. You will see me
wearing modern outfits and
flaunting a very trendy look. I
am like that in real life,
she says.
Negi tells you how
smoothly she
managed to replace
Kalpi by
dramatising a well-
conspired road
accident in which
the latter survives
the accident but
has severe burns
and a memory
loss. She
u n d e r g o e s
plastic surgery
and the new
face is that of
Negi.
Suhanas
uncle is
instrumental
in giving that
new face and
identity to her.
She is
oblivious of her
past and trying to
adjust to the new life.
There will be many
instances where she will
come face-to-face with her
past but wont be able to
join the dots like the time
when she meets her mother,
Negi tells you.
She feels that in
India, where serials
are laced with
predictable turns and twists
and the plastic surgery scenario
has been done to death, the
masala daily soaps tap the
maximum viewership These
high-end dramatic twists have
become integral parts of our
serials and I agree that these
things are impractical and dont
really happen in our daily lives.
But I think the content mostly
depends on what the people
want to see, she explains stating
the viewers choice behind the
unrealistic dramas. She also
suggests that we should take a
cue from the Pakistani tele-
serials and start concentrating
on the content rather than
dramatisation.
Negi relishes the memories
of the past decades dramas that
had certain underlying flavour
to it and tells you that the one
character that she always wanted
to play was that of Kajal Bhai
from Hum Paanch. The
character was played by
Bhairavi Raichura. It was
very challenging and she
played it with finesse. I am
very tomboyish and find a
connect with the
character. I wish I
had played that
one, she says.
As for
wo r k i n g
with Zee
TV again
after a
break, she tells
you that nothing
has changed since her
Pavitra Rishta days and
the crew members
received her with open
arms. I feel very
nostalgic as I have
enjoyed each and
every moment
working with this
channel. I can relate each
and everything with the
days spent with Zee, she
tells us.
And while Negi is
looking forward to how her
characters journey will be
chartered out, the latest buzz
is that the show is all set to
end abruptly because it has
not been able to garner
enough TRPs.
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launched seven new
shows. Rashmi
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vikramadilya's slruggle lo gel lhe lhrone. This eriodic
drama, roduced by Crealive Eye, has Siddharlh Arora
and Sayanlani 0hosh as lead aclors. The show airs al
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male and emale leads reseclively. Mahesh Thakur,
0olly Sohi, vishnu Bholwani and harsh vashishl are
olher casls o lhe show. The soa lhal will be aired
somelime in 0clober, is sel lo relace |aJaan
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crealing bu//. According lo reorls, lhe new characler,
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NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
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T
hree-time MLA and senior
Delhi BJP leader Karan
Singh Tanwar has been
appointed as vice-chairperson
of the New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC). Tanwar had
been elected thrice from the
Delhi Cantonment Assembly in
1993, 2003 and 2008. On
Saturday, along with Tanwar,
three others Anita Arya, Abdul
Rasheed Ansari and BS Bhati
were also administered oath by
Delhi Lieutenant Governor
Najeeb Jung, as new members
of the council. Arya is a former
Mayor of Delhi and has also
represented Karol Bagh parlia-
mentary constituency in the
13th Lok Sabha.
With the reconstitution of
the council, all members nom-
inated by the previous the
UPA Government have been
removed. Surprisingly, except
Tanwar, all other three newly-
inducted members are not
from NDMC area. Ansari, a
resident of old Delhi is nation-
al president of the BJP Minority
Morcha. He has been associat-
ed with the party since its
inception. He is also one of the
founder members of the BJP.
While, BS Bhati is leader of the
NDMC employees union and
had been working with the
civic body, till recently.
On his appointment,
Tanwar said he would make
every possible effort to imbibe
the idea of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to weed out
corruption. Na Khaoonga, Na
khane Doonga (neither will I
accept bribe, nor let anyone to
take bride). My foremost pri-
ority will be to make NDMC,
a corruption-free model civic
body to instill confidence in
common man, he said.
Tanwar also said the coun-
cil would be making concerted
endeavour to make New Delhi
area garbage free and improve
sanitation facilities. Next tar-
get will be over all development
of youth hence I will propose
gymnasium and sporting facil-
ity in every colony. New Delhi
will be converted into model
city, he said.
Nominated members
unusually have five-year tenure
and are appointed on the rec-
ommendation of the Centre
and notified by the Ministry of
Home Affairs. Apart from par-
ticipating in significant policy
making council meetings, these
members are entitled for several
perks including a type-V
Government bungalow, a vehi-
cle with driver and an office in
NDMC headquarters.
Present on the occasion
were Chairperson NDMC Jalaj
Shrivastava, New Delhi Lok
Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi,
New Delhi MLA Arvind
Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Secretary
DM Spolia and other senior
officials. Later, Jung congratu-
lated the council members and
hoped that they will make
NDMC area more beautiful
with better facilities and infra-
structure.
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fter getting permissions
from its Trust, the Lady
Shri Ram College has finally set
up its official alumnae associ-
ation called the ELSA
Association, which will hold its
first annual general meeting on
September 13. While informal
alumnae get-togethers were
always a part of LSRs extra-cur-
ricular activities, this is the
first time that a registered soci-
ety for the alumnae has been
formed. According to officials,
the aim of the association is to
bring together all the alumnae
under one roof from where they
can help the college grow and
subsequently counsel students
in their respective career fields.
Aditi Misra, president of the
ELSA Association, said that it
was after a lot of deliberation and
planning that the association
was formed. Less than a year
ago, a handful of enthusiastic
ELSAs (ex-students of LSR)
were invited by Principal Dr
Meenakshi Gopinath, and
Chairman Arun Bharat Ram to
form a registered association,
which could reach out to all
ELSAs and create a dynamic net-
work of women committed to be
change makers and mentor stu-
dents of the college, said Misra.
The group began this task
with a lecture series on Women
and Law. Chandni Luthra, vice-
president of the association
informed, This was followed by
a carnival called W3 (women,
wisdom and wellness) in the
college. The alumni group also
organised day-long events like
Fleximoms for young mothers
working from home and
demystifying technology.
Additionally, monthly get-
togethers were organised for
ELSAs called Back to College.
After all of this, finally the
ELSA Association was regis-
tered in July this year.
According to Luthra, the
whole idea of creating this
registered society is to get all of
the alumnae together to net-
work, bond, mentor, counsel
and create professional acces-
sibility. We have alumna all
over the world now and some
of them are people who are
doing very well in their respec-
tive careers. We want that they
all come under one association
and help counsel the students
at LSR and network in a way
that would enhance the future
of all the ELSAs, she said.
Misra added that the tasks
ahead for the association were
very clear. We need to get all
ELSAs around the world under
one umbrella and there needs
to be an active and vibrant net-
work among them. Once that is
done, mentorship programmes
with present students will be
initiated and helplines for
ELSAs will be set up. The plan
is to contribute meaningfully to
our alma mater, she said.
Coming February next
year, the ELSA Association
will also be organising a mini-
literature festival. We want
ELSAs to come together and
share their own experiences in
the fields that they are working
in. We will also have film and
theatre festivals. This will also
help establish a sisterhood
among ELSAs, said Luthra.
Meanwhile, the ELSA
Association will also be bidding
farewell to principal Meenakshi
Gopinath during their first
AGM. She has been the pillar
of strength for the institution.
If not for her this association
would not have been made as
it was her vision that drove this
endeavour, said Luthra.
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W
hile expressing its reser-
vation over transferring a
case to the Central Bureau of
Investigation, merely on allega-
tions against the local police, the
Delhi High Court has observed
that such practice may have an
adverse effect on the investiga-
tion and credibility of the pre-
mier investigation agency. The
court remark came while dis-
posing of a plea challenging the
unauthorised constructions in
Walled City area and seeking
CBI enquiry against Municipal
Corporation for its alleged fail-
ure to prevent such activities.
Justice Manmohan, in an
order, said, Otherwise the
CBI would be flooded with a
large number of cases and with
limited resources, may find it
difficult to properly investigate
even serious cases and in the
process lose its credibility and
purpose with unsatisfactory
investigations?
Despite wide power con-
ferred by the Constitution,
such an order should be not to
be passed by the courts as a
matter of routine or merely
because a party has levelled
some allegations against the
local police, the judge added.
This extraordinary power
must be exercised sparingly,
cautiously and in exceptional
situations where it becomes
necessary to provide credibili-
ty and instill confidence in
investigations or where the inci-
dent may have national and
international ramifications or
where such an order may be
necessary for doing complete
justice and enforcing the fun-
damental rights, the court said.
A petition was filed in the
court challenging the conver-
sion of residential and dwelling
houses to markets, showrooms
in Walled City area by one
Vinay Chand Jain.
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W
ith the possibilities to
have elected Government
in the Capital emerging posi-
tively, the BJP may be veering
round to take a shot at power
with the party president Amit
Shah virtually justifying such a
course of action. In a related
development, Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh main-
tained that the party will take
a call once a formal proposal is
received from Lieutenant-
Governor Najeeb Jung while he
ruled out his party indulging in
any horse-trading.
The State unit of the party
is said to be divided on form-
ing a Government without fac-
ing fresh elections but sources
said the high command was
inclined to give it a shot. A final
decision may be taken on the
issue at a meeting of the newly-
constitute BJP Parliamentary
Board that may be convened
early next week, sources said.
BJP president Amit Shah
told a television channel that
the BJP, the single-largest
party, has the right to form a
Government as it has got the
mandate in Delhi in both the
Assembly and Lok Sabha elec-
tions and does not see any-
thing immoral in seeking sup-
port for it.
Our party got the man-
date in the Assembly and Lok
Sabha polls in Delhi, and we
think that mandate stands. I do
not find anything immoral in
seeking support to form a
Government, Shah told Rajat
Sharma in his Aap Ki Adalat
programme on India TV.
Everybody wants to avoid
fresh elections in Delhi, said
Shah, adding that BJP is the
single largest party and it has
the right to form a
Government.
On a days trip to Jammu
& Kashmir to assess the flood
situation there, the Home
Minister said the Lt-Governor
is free to call any party for
Government formation and
the BJP is the single largest
party. If invited we will think
about it. The BJP does not
believe in horse-trading. The
BJP wil l never favour a
Government with horse-trad-
ing, Singh said. The Delhi BJP
is said to be divided in two
distinct camps, one strongly
favouring the move to form a
Government and the other
suggesting going for a fresh
mandate.
Jung has sent a report to
President Pranab Mukherjee
seeking permission to call the
single largest party to take a
shot at power though it is well
short of majority in the
Assembly. In his report, Jung
gave a detailed analysis of the
political situation in the city
and underlined the need to
have an elected Government
for Delhi which is under
Presidents Rule since February
17 following resignation of
AAP Government. The Aam
Aadmi Party and the Congress
have come down hard on Jung
for his report and accused him
of promoting horse-trading.
Last week the parties had
cautioned the Lt-Governor not
to take any unconstitutional
move by inviting BJP to form
Government. Both the parties
have been demanding imme-
diate dissolution of the
Assembly, saying keeping it in
suspended animation will
encourage horse-trading.
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T
he streets are buzzing on various campuses of Delhi
University as electioneering has started in full
motion. However, with Saturday being the first day of
campaigning on campus, student organisations kept to
the more sober promotion through face-to-face interac-
tions and group discussions with students, explaining
them the intricacies of their manifestos.
Rohit Chahal of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
visited several colleges and spoke to students in groups.
We went around and did one-to-one interactions with
students. It was actually good talking to the students and
resolving their queries. Students were well aware of the
ideologies of the various student organisations and they
even asked us why our ideology is better than the oth-
ers. That helped us put our point forward, said Chahal.
The National Students Union of India also took for-
ward their campaign to colleges and basically spoke out
about the need for hostel accommodation. Candidates pro-
moted their unions secular and inclusive ideas as Amit Sidhu
Teema is the first Sikh candidate in three decades in DUSU
election. The All India Students Association was also seen
campaigning. They also conducted group discussions and
spoke to students about issues concerning them.
While NSUI has also been a direct competitor to
ABVP, this time the inclusion of AISA has made a vast
difference. AISA was never too prominent during the
DUSU elections but now is. There is a tough competi-
tion this time and AISA may also hold chances. However,
ABVP has a stronghold too, said Pallavi Anand, a stu-
dent in North Campus. Elections are on September 13.
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F
ormer Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal is trying to
reach a compromise in the defama-
tion case filed by Union Minister
for Road Transport and Highways
Nitin Gadkari. Kejriwal on Saturday
stated before a city court that there
was a possibility of compromise in
the criminal defamation complaint
filed against him by Gadkari and
they were in the process of finalis-
ing it. The counsel for Kejriwal
made the submissions on being
asked by the court if both the politi-
cians have arrived at any compro-
mise in the matter.
It is basically clash of egos. It
is better if the matter gets settled,
Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati
Manocha said. To this, the counsel
appearing for Kejriwal said, There
is a possibility of compromise. We
are in the process. The court fixed
the matter for further hearing on
October 18 after the counsel
appearing for Gadkari and Kejriwal
sought adjournment on the ground
that the matter was pending before
the Delhi High Court, which will
hear the case on October 16.
It may be recalled that Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kejriwal
was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail
on May 21 after he had refused to
furnish bail bond in the case but
gave in within a week and was
released. Meanwhile, the court
allowed Kejriwals plea for perma-
nent exemption from personal
appearance. The court had earlier
framed defamation charges against
Kejriwal after both the parties had
told it that they have not reached
any settlement in the case.
Section 500 (defamation) of
the IPC, being a compoundable
offence, the court had advised
Kejriwal to bury the hatchet and
amicably settle the issue with
Gadkari. Gadkari had earlier told
the court that he was ready to
resolve the issue if Kejriwal with-
draws his statement. Kejriwal,
however, had refused to withdraw
his statement and allegations which
he had levelled against Gadkari.
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of the New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi BJP president
Satish Upadhyay on Saturday said that it was long overdue and
the inclusion of representatives for different sections of the soci-
ety will go long way in improving the function of the council.
With the nomination of Karan Singh Tanwar as vice-chair-
man of NDMC, the Central Government has honoured the peo-
ple of Delhi Cantonment Area under NDMC. Besides this, the
experience of administrative works of former MP and former
Mayor Anita Arya will be useful in managing the affairs of
NDMC. SC community of Delhi is also happy with her appoint-
ment. The inclusion of BJP Minority Morcha national president
Abdul Rasheed Ansari is reprehensive of Minority Community
and the nomination of BS Bhati working for the rights for
the workers of NDMC is a matter of pride both for the NDMC
and the working class, he said.
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W
ith the Assembly elec-
tions just round the cor-
ner in neighbouring Haryana,
the Excise Department of the
city have launched a special drive
against the persons involved in
the trade of illicit liquor.
Neeraj Semwal, Comm-
issioner Excise, said on
Saturday that the Intelligence
Bureau of Excise Department
has seized 4,692 bottles of illic-
it liquor of different brands like
Rasila Santra, Impact Whisky,
Asli Santra and Imperial Blue
Whisky from various parts of
the national Capital.
Semwal said that the con-
fiscated lot of illicit liqour was
non-duty paid in the Capital
and was being carried by the
accused unauthorisedly.
A case was registered at
Burari Police Station against
Bharat Bhushan and Sunil
Kumar, residents of Sant Nagar
and Kamalpur respectively, in
which 480 bottles of Asli Santra
were recovered from Haryana.
One vehicle also was seized in
this case.
Another FIR has been reg-
istered in Jahangirpuri police
Station wherein the accused
person is absconding In this
case, 480 bottles of Rasila
Santra Brand and 840 Bottles of
Impact Whisky for sale in
Haryana were recovered. One
vehicle Tempo TATA- 407 was
also seized in this case.
The Commissioner added
that another FIR was registered
in Kalyanpuri Police Station
against Suresh, resident of
Village Attal, Dist. Sonepat,
Haryana for carrying 612 bot-
tles of Rasila Santra Brand for
sale in Haryana. A Baleno car
being used to ferry the liquor
has been seized.
In another case registered
against Vijay, resident of
Subhash Mohalla, Faridabad,
Haryana at Mayur Vihar Police
Station, Excise department offi-
cials recovered 696 bottles of
Impact Whisky for sale in
Haryana. Another FIR No.795
was registered at Mandawali
Police Station against Sombir
Singh, resident of Vidya Nagar,
Bhiwani, Haryana in which 420
bottles of Besto Whisky and 180
bottles of Rasila Santra for sale
in Haryana were recovered.
Excise officials lodged another
FIR against three persons name-
ly Ashish, Vikas and Harmail all
from Humanyu Pur, Rohtak,
Haryana at Frash Bazar Police
Station and confiscated 228
bottles of Besto Whisky and 312
Bottles of Rasila Santra for sale
in Haryana.
Semwal added that Excise
Department during its raids
conducted at various places has
seized a huge number of illic-
it liquor. The Department has
recovered 36924 bottles of illic-
it liquor of different brands and
cases were registered against
the accused in different Police
Stations in the Capital under
Delhi Excise Act 2009. The
vehicles used in the crime were
also confiscated. In its action
against the liquor mafia, the
excise Department has seized
41616 Bottles of illicit liquor in
Delhi during last few week.
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K
eeping in mind the increas-
ing multi-drug resistant
(MDR)-TB cases in India, the
Union Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan on Saturday launched
India's first national Anti-Tuber-
culosis Drug Resistance Survey.
The survey will be con-
ducted on 5,214 patients across
the country and will provide
information on the prevalence
of anti-tuberculosis drug resis-
tance among new and already
undergoing treatment patients.
"It often happens that
patients who have TB disease
stop taking the drugs soon after
they start feeling better. They
can become sick again as if the
drugs are not taken correctly,
the TB bacteria may still remain
alive and the person may
become resistant to those drugs
and will have to then given sec-
ond-line drugs," said Vardhan.
These additional drugs,
called second-line drugs, must
be taken for a very long time
and is more expensive to treat.
MDR-TB is resistant to two or
more of the first-line drugs.
If a person with MDR-TB
spreads the disease to someone
else and that person comes
down with active disease, it will
be multi-drug-resistant from
the beginning. The number of
MDR-TB cases in the country
had increased five-fold between
2011 and 2013.
Studies show one-third of
the MDR-TB cases are resistant
to fluoroquinolones, which are
critical for MDR-TB treatment.
MDR-TB if quickly identified
can be cured sucessfully.
Unfortunately, tests to deter-
mine whether a particular
strain is resistant usually take
several weeks to complete.
The survey will include
tracking the effectiveness of TB
prevention and control activities,
design standardised regimens for
the treatment of drug-resistant
TB, assess epidemiological trends
and identify and respond to
outbreaks of drug-resistant TB.
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ith Amit Shah arriving
here on his maiden visit
on Sunday, the party leaders,
who believe that the saffron
brigade stands a fair chance to
achieve Mission 42 plus, are
hopeful that the BJP boss will
clear the air over who will lead
the electoral battle in the forth-
coming Assembly elections in
Jharkhand.
Though the BJP is euphor-
ic over entry of a large number
of leaders from other parties,
particularly the JVM, which
had inflicted a heavy damage to
the BJP in the 2009 elections,
the party leadership needs to
keep its own house in order
and work out a plan to manage
the ticket hopefuls.
Maintaining that the BJP
should play its card well, a
senior party leader confided
that though the party will
mainly bank on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's charisma to
get a majority in the State, but
the party needs a local face in
the Assembly elections.
Also, the party leadership
should work out a formula to
keep 'Hindutva' vote bank intact
and dump the issue of tribal-
non-tribal Chief Minister.
Pointed out a BJP leader,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has emerged as a brand ambas-
sador for nationalism, giving a
body blow to the vote bank pol-
itics of his rivals, who mainly
used to polarise the minority
votes in order to survive. But the
tribal-non-tribal Chief Minister
issue, being raked up by some
leaders, is a different brand of
divisive politics, which threat-
ened to make a dent in the
'Hindutva' vote bank.
If the tribals get a message
that the BJP will dump them
once they get a majority, they
may switch over to the grand
alliance which is being put in
place by the BJP rivals. Also, the
Scheduled Castes, who have
voted for the BJP in the Lok
Sabha elections may feel
deprived if our leaders rake up
such issues," he pointed out.
Notably, the RSS created a
social capital by consolidating
its base in tribal areas to counter
Christian missionaries. Any
move to give a raw deal to trib-
als might ultimately weaken the
RSS foothold in Jharkhand.
So, on the face, there
might be wave in favour of the
BJP, but the insiders role is like-
ly to play spoilsport in the elec-
tions. The party leadership
needs to analyse these factors
and take a call to make cor-
rective steps before they
become a liability, pointed out
another party leader.
Some may cite example of
Chhattisgarh with 30.6 per cent
tribal population and still hav-
ing a non-tribal Chief Minister
whereas Jharkhand has only
26.2 per cent tribals. But the
basic difference is that the trib-
als in Chhattisgarh are con-
centrated in three districts of
Bastar, Jashpur and Dantewada
while tribals inhabit most of the
districts in Jharkhand and influ-
ence the voting pattern.
Also, the BJP has not been
able to get a strong foothold in
Santhal Pargana, a JMM's pock-
et borough. Already, the ruling
JMM has begun playing the
tribal card aggressively. Again,
among non-tribals also, there
are two groups one who have
migrated from Bihar and other
States and those who are natives
called moolvasis. The natives
share several common con-
cerns with the tribals and do
not gel with Biharis'.
"It is misnomer to con-
clude that the projection of a
non-tribal leader will get
majority non-tribal votes for
the BJP. So, the best option for
the BJP will be to go for a trib-
al face who is equally accept-
able among non-tribals too,"
pointed out a poll analyst.
"Overall, the general per-
ception amid emerging political
scenario is that the BJP will get
50 plus seats if it plays its card
well, like projecting an all accept-
able leader and selecting right
candidates ahead of the elec-
tions," pointed out Harishwar
Dayal, associated with various
election studies.
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he Uttarakhand Police on
Saturday arrested former
Pauri MLA and the Pauri
municipality chairperson
Yashpal Singh Rawat Benam,
who had allegedly sexually
assaulted a woman journalist
on August 23.
The police arrested Benam
on Saturday morning from his
residence near the district hos-
pital. He was produced before
the court for the crime of sex-
ual assault on a woman jour-
nalist under Section 354 A-1,
354- B, 376, 511 and 506 of the
Indian Panel Code. Benam
was sent to 14 days' judicial
custody. However, police had
sought police remand, but the
court rejected it.
The woman complainant
had registered a Zero FIR of
sexual assault against Benam
on August 30 in Dalanwala
police station (Dehradun) and
later, the FIR was transferred
to Pauri district. Taking cog-
nisance of this, a case under
sections 294, 354, 354a, 354 b,
376, 511 and 506 of the IPC
was registered against the
chairman in the women's
police station, Srinagar.
Pauri Superintendent of
Police Ajay Joshi said after the
investigating police had record-
ed the woman complainant's
statement under Section 161 of
CrPC. Her statement was also
recorded under section 164 of
the CrPC before the magistrate.
One additional Section 354 A-
1 was included in the FIR.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will now con-
nect with people over radio,
seeking suggestions and
answering questions on issues
concerning the common man.
Having made up his mind
to reach out to people over
radio, he has sought sugges-
tions from the public on how
to go about in terms of format
and frequency.
"Let' s con-
nect on the
radio. . . Want
your ideas," Modi
tweeted on
Saturday.
The PM "has invited sug-
gestions from people to connect
on radio. He has encouraged
people to share their ideas in
this regard on the MyGov plat-
form , www.Mygov.in," a PMO
statement said.
Sources said he wants to
know from people as to what
should be the format of the
interaction and what should
be the issues to be discussed.
Modi also wants to know
the frequency of the interac-
tion, like whether it should be
once a week or once a month.
He also wants suggestions as to
whether the interaction should
be with pre-invited audience or
open to all for phone-ins. PTI
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ollowing heavy rainfall
across Punj ab si nce
Thursday, at least 22 people,
including women and chil-
dren, have been killed in dif-
ferent incidents of house and
roof collapse.
Eight people from one
family were killed when the
roof of their house in Dhalla
village near Batala town col-
lapsed. The victims were buried
while they were sleeping.
At least seven people have
been killed so far in Amritsar
district. Five of them were
from one family who died in
a house collapse in Jassu
Nanagal village near Amritsa.
Five people were killed in
a roof collapse in Gubhaya vil-
lage in Fazilka district of
south-west Punjab while two
other deaths due to roof col-
lapse were reported from
other parts of the State.
Most areas in the State
were lashed by heavy rainfall
since Thursday.
The State authorities in
various districts have issued
an alert to people to stay
away from rivers and rivulets.
Many of these were flowing
near the danger mark.
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in Funjab
Haryana: Haryana Police
Saturday claimed to have bust-
ed a gang engaged in sandal-
wood smuggling with the arrest
of five gang members and the
recovery of 250 logs of sandal-
wood. A police spokesperson
said the sandalwood recovered
was worth crores of rupees. The
sandalwood was recovered
from a premises in Sisana vil-
lage in Sonipat district, 190 km
from here. PNS
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From Page 1
No murder of such bru-
tality has taken place in Kerala
since the killing of (rebel
Marxist leader) TP
Chandrasekharan (on May 4,
2012)," Chennithala said.
"The accused in the
Kathiroor murder case have
connections outside the State.
There is every possibility that
they have connections outside
the country also. The murder
could have shattered the peace
prevailing in Kannur. Also, the
possibility of a conspiracy
behind the murder cannot be
ruled out," the Home Minister
said. "The DGP had recom-
mended a CBI probe into the
incident considering all these
aspects. The Government has
approved that recommenda-
tion," Chennithala said.
The killers had first hurled
country bombs at the vehicle in
which Manoj (42) and his
friends were travelling.
When the vehicle stopped
after hitting an electric pole,
they pounced on him with
swords and other weapons and
brutally hacked him. Manoj
died on the way to the hospi-
tal while his friend Pramod
(50) was hospitalized with seri-
ous hack wounds.
Eight CPI(M) activists have
been booked for the murder
and the police had the other
day issued a lookout notice for
the first accused, Vikraman.
The police have also regis-
tered a case against Jain Raj,
son of CPI(M)'s Kannur dis-
trict secretary P Jayarajan, for
posting a message in Facebook
expressing happiness over the
murder.
Congratulating his "dear
comrades" on the inhuman
act, Jain Raj, presently in the
Gulf, had written in his
Facebook page, "How long
have I been waiting to hear this
happy news!" After the post
triggered a controversy, he
withdrew it but made another
post justifying the happiness he
expressed over the murder.
From Page 1
rank official related to the anti-Naxal
operations. According to preliminary
findings, the incident reflected a clear cut
violation of the Standard Operating
Procedures and soldierly conduct expect-
ed from the members of the joint squad.
The patrol squad was ambushed around
10 am on that day and the ultras looted
the weapons and ammunition from the
slain jawans and subordinate officers.
"Their conduct during the ambush was
sheer cowardice and the casualties on the
patrol squad could have been minimised
had they acted in due manner. Retaliatory
action could also have inflicted casualties
on the Naxals," they said.
The March 11 ambush brought back
memories of the audacious 2010
Dantewada massacre in which 76 CRPF
personnel were gunned down in the
same area in a flawed operation planned
and launched by the then DIG, CRPF and
IPS officer Nalin Prabhat.
The 200-strong Naxal group attacked
the joint contingent of security forces' per-
sonnel at Jeerum Nullah. The attack came
amid intelligence alerts that the ultras have
planned a chunav bahiskar during the
Parliamentary elections earlier this year.
The area is notorious for Naxal influence.
The attack is believed to have been car-
ried out by the Dandkaranya Zonal
Committee of the banned Communist
Party of India (Maoist). The committee was
also responsible for carrying out the auda-
cious attack barely five kilometres from the
spot in which the entire leadership of the
Congress party in the State was wiped out
in May 2013.
From Page 1
More than a 2,500 villages
are submerged in the Valley
and thousands of families have
left their submerged homes
and moved to safer zones," an
official in the divisional admin-
istration told The Pioneer.
An Army rescue team was
washed away in Kakapora area
near Pampore when the Jhelum
embankment was breached
causing a massive spill.
A column of 11 soldiers
rowing a rescue boat was
washed away by the strong cur-
rents. A helicopter was pressed
into service to rescue the
stranded soldiers to safety, but
due to the bad weather boats
were more effective in retriev-
ing the soldiers, nine of whom
were rescued. Two soldiers,
however, were still stranded in
the area till reports last came in.
Revenue Commissioner
Vinod Koul said that 50 bridges
and hundreds of kilometers of
roads besides power installa-
tions and PHE schemes have
been damaged due to floods
and rains.
The 300-km Srinagar-
Jammu National Highway
remained closed for vehicular
traffic for the third consecutive
day due to landslides at various
places. More than a thousand
vehicles were stranded on the
highway. Vehicular traffic was
suspended on major sub-
merged roads connecting dis-
trict headquarters with the
Capital.
Schools and colleges have
been closed till Monday and all
examinations have been post-
poned. The authorities post-
poned all Haj flights and said
they would issue separate
schedule for the pilgrims after
the flood fury ends. Most of the
newspapers have stopped pub-
lication for the last three days.
Those publishing have lessened
their pages and print order.
The authorities issued a
fresh warning to the people liv-
ing in the vicinity of rivers and
nullahs to immediately shift to
safer areas. "This is necessary
for the safety of lives in view of
the prevailing flood situation",
an official spokesman said.
People complained that the
response of the administration
was sluggish or there was no
response at all. Most marooned
villagers were helped by the
local volunteers who risked
their lives to bring old people,
women and children to safety.
Rajnath and Omar
reviewed the prevailing flood
situation in the State at a high-
level meeting here. The Chief
Minister told Singh, that the
topmost concern of the State
Government was to ensure
safety of human lives and evac-
uation of the population
trapped in submerged areas.
Mentioning huge losses to
paddy and fruit crops, Omar
said that the real assessment of
the losses would be made after
the water level recedes.
The Chief Minister later
drove the Home Minister to the
inundated areas in upper
Srinagar to get visual appraisal
of the devastation of flood and
the difficulties people were fac-
ing. The two leaders visited
Baghat, Barzulla, Rambagh,
River Jhelum Bund, Zero Bridge,
Budshah Bridge, Exhibition
Chowk, Saria Bhalla and other
areas of the summer capital.
Sources said that dozens of
houses have collapsed in
Gooripora, Awantipora, Sail,
Chersoo, Donigund, Beigund,
Padgampora, Bata-
gund,Bargam, Nawdal, Chand-
rigam, Aaligund and Aripal
villages in Pulwama district.
At least 22 houses col-
lapsed in Sambora, Patalbagh,
Haqiwara and Galandar areas of
Pampore town when there was
sudden breach in the Jehlum
embankment. Scores of vil-
lages in Anantnag, Kulgam and
Shopian districts are still sub-
merged as people took shelter
in safer buildings, schools and
colleges. Wuranhal and Gur vil-
lages in Khanabal were sub-
merged on Saturday after the
floods swept the area. The State
has demanded 25,000 tents
and 40,000 blankets on war-
footing basis from the Center.
The power supply has
snapped in most flood-hit areas
leading to communication
breakdown. "The mobile towers
have gone dysfunctional due to
lack of power supply. Mobile
phone batteries have exhausted
and people are unable to com-
municate", said Pulwama-based
journalist Mir Nazir.
Director Meteorological
Department Sonam Lotus pre-
dicted improvement in weath-
er from Sunday morning.
Before the sunset, clouds dis-
sipated for a while much to the
relief of beleaguered people.
"Jammu and Kashmir will have
clear weather for the next one
week," Lotus said.
The State has demanded
25,000 tents and 40,000 blan-
kets on war-footing basis from
the Center.
A Defence spokesman said
that in the past 48 hours, Indian
Air Force mounted IL-76 sor-
ties and pressed into action two
AN-32 aircraft to airlift NDRF
teams and equipment from
Bhatinda to Srinagar and
Jammu Air Force Bases. "The
HQ Western Air Command has
opened a disaster monitoring
cell that is coordinating the
efforts between all its bases
including Srinagar, Udhampur,
Jammu & Sarsawa apart from
fixed wing effort from other
bases. The IAF Command has
alerted all its bases to a high
state of readiness to respond to
the emerging situation", the
spokesman said.
The Army said that it has
launched Sahitya operation in
which a total of 11,000 civilians
have been rescued. "Around
2,000 civilians have been pro-
vided food and temporary shel-
ters", an Army handout said.
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going lo ile lhe irsl chargesheel somelime
nexl week,' agency insiders said adding al leasl
eighl names including lhal o Sudilo Sen,
0ebjani Mukherjee, Manoj hagel, Sandhir Agar
wal, 0ebabrala Sarkar, Somnalh 0ulla. Reacl
ing lo lhe news, CF(M) leader Sujan Chakra
borly said: 'Finally lhe sin commilled by lhe CM
and her men lhrough Saradha is coming lo
lighl and everylhing will come oul i Mamala
Banerjee is made lo go lhrough a lie deleclion
lesl.'BJF Slale residenl Rahul Sinha said:
'Trinamool's house is on ire and ils members
are now running hellerskeller. how lime has
come when lhose who are connecled wilh lhe
case will oinl lheir ingers al lhe eole who
are direclly involved in lhe case. 'however,
rubbishing 0hosh's slalemenl, Bengal
Educalion Minisler Farlho Challerjee Salurday
said lhal lhe jailed leader was making 'reckless
commenls because he knows lhal he has no
way lo escae unishmenl or whal he has
done and so he is lrying lo diverl lhe allenlion
lowards lhe CM'. Slale urban 0evelomenl
Minisler Firhad hakim said: 'l is a sin lo
imlicale Mamala because lhe world knows
lhal she is a aragon o honesly and inlegrily.'
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"This is the reason why his
name never cropped up during
interrogation of any IM opera-
tives in the past and this is why
his arrest is so important because
he always remained under-
ground and undisclosed," said
another official. "The first task
entrusted to Ajaz by his Pakistan-
based handlers was to assist
Yasin Bhatkal in the execution of
the German Bakery blasts of
February 2010," said Shrivastava.
In this strike, Ajaz played
the facilitating role of arranging
a mobile handset, SIM card and
the rented accommodation near
Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune,
which were used by Yasin
Bhatkal in fabricating the IEDs
and executing the blasts. Ajaz
had recced various probable
blast sites along with Yasin and
was instrumental in the final-
ization of the German Bakery
site as it was considered to be of
maximum impact potential in
line with the objectives of the
IM. "After the German Bakery
blasts, Sheikh played the role of
devils' messenger in the Jama
Masjid strikes of September 19,
2010. Using expert technologi-
cal cover, Ajaz had sent the e-
mail to various Indian media
houses shortly after the strikes
claiming the act to be of IM and
as a revenge for the Batla House
encounter," said Shrivastava.
The draft of the mail, which
had been prepared by Riyaz
Bhatkal and his associates in
Pakistan, was received by Ajaz
Sheikh ahead of the strikes and,
as directed by the seniors in IM,
was mailed to Indian media
houses after the strikes had
been executed. Extensive use of
technical camouflaging was
resorted to while sending the
mail and therefore, even the best
efforts of Indian security agen-
cies had so far proved futile in
tracking down this terror oper-
ative. The successful experi-
ment of Jama Masjid strikes was
repeated in the Sheetla Ghat,
Varanasi strikes of December 7,
2010. On this occasion again, it
was Ajaz Sheikh who had sent
the e-mail espousing the claim
of IM to media houses.
On this occasion too, the
draft e-mail had been received
by him in advance of the actu-
al strike and higher technical
finesse was shown in sending
the mail by using an open WiFi
network of Mumbai for the
same which left no trace of the
identity of the network user.
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Meanwhile, due lo incessanl rains in lhe region
orlion o lhe barbed wire encing along lhe
nlernalional border in Jammu ronlier was also
submerged in lood walers while 84 uniormed
men including 2O rom lhe BSF and 5 rom lhe
ndian army were rescued aler six border osls
were marooned in Akhnoor. Rail lraic lo Kalra
was also susended aler orlion o lhe rail
lrack was hil by huge mudslides. Some o lhe
lunnels loo were walerlogged enroule Kalra
orcing lhe horlhern Railways lo susend lhe
lraic or lhe lime being. hundreds o Kalra
bound assengers on board Shri Shakli
exress aced hardshis aler lheir lrain was
halled shorl o udhamur near Ramnagar
railway slalion or several hours. The ilgrims
visiling Mala vaishno devi shrine and olher
assengers were lhe worsl hil as lraic was nol
allowed lo ly lill lale evening.According lo
0eence Sokesman, "A lolal o 1G sorlies were
lown by lhe Air Force M 17 v aircral
rescuing 45G civilians. 2O BSF ersonal and O5
Army ersonal on salurday. The Army Avialion
lew a lolal o O8 sorlies rescuing 71 BSF
ersonal and O8 Army ersonal",he added.So
ar 11OOO civilians have been rescued by lhe
army and oul o lhese 2OOO have been rovided
wilh ood and sheller,deence sokesman said.
The Mala vaishno devi yalra also remained
susended or lhe ourlh conseculive day while
all major Slale highways remained blocked in
0oda, Kishlwar, Rajori and Foonch dislricls.
The Slale 0overnmenl is busy wilh rescue
oeralions and bringing aecled oulalion lo
saer /omes, Chie Minisler 0mar Abdullah lold
reorlers aler reviewing lhe currenl silualion.
he said lhe 0overnmenl has arrnaged over 2OO
boals rom all sources lo shil lhe eole rom
waler logged areas in Kashmir valley. he urged
lhe Cenlre lo rush lenls, blankels and
medicines lo be dislribuled among lhe aecled
oulalion. when asked whelher lhe
deslruclion due lo loods should be declared as
halural calamily as demanded by 0hulam habi
A/ad o lhe Congress arly, 0mar claimed all
wanl is hel rom lhe Cenlre. "homenclalure is
o no signiicance.As long as eole o my slale
are exlended hel by lhe cenlre lo deal wilh lhe
silualion i would be salisied",he added.
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purposes.
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NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
New Delhi: Former Army chief
and Union Minister Gen VK
Singh, against whom the
Armed Forces tribunal had
made some carping comments
in the Sukna land scam case, on
Saturday questioned the find-
ings against him and said the
Government should challenge
it in a higher court. Lt Gen PK
Rath, who was given a clean
chit by the tribunal, said he felt
vindicated by the judgement.
Reacting to the verdict,
Singh said instead of issues, the
tribunal has made personal
attack. In the tribunals judg-
ment, instead of reacting on
issues, personal attack has been
made. Perhaps, we hardly get to
see such a judgment.
An issue which was very
clear and where corruption
was tried to be prevented.
Perhaps through such a judge-
ment, people will not get
scared of corruption, former
Army chief VK Singh told
reporters here.
He was commenting on the
tribunals virtual indictment
of his actions as Army chief in
the court martial of former 33
Corps Commander Lt Gen PK
Rath, who was given a clean
chit by tribunal in the Sukna
land scam.
They also dont tell any-
body that institution was to be
constructed on this land and
not just a school. Through
this judgment, the morale of
corrupt people will go up,
Singh said.
You say that in view of
security perspective, an NOC
cannot be given on land. But,
when new person comes, it is
then said that there was no
security concern and you don't
tell anybody about anything in
this regard which suggest
wrong-doing, he said.
Gen Singh sought to ques-
tion the tribunals knowledge of
Armed Forces saying the I
have nothing to comment on
the decision. The tribunal has
an honourable judge who is
advised by the retired Armed
Forces officers. What advise the
Armed Forces officers give
him is what he goes by because
he does not know anything
about Armed Forces. There is
a need for people to look at it
again. In 77 pages, you do not
talk whether there was a scam
or not, what was the validity of
the whole thing. You only talk
of peripheral individual issues
and we need to look at it
again, he said.
Gen Singh said the Ministry
of Defence goes against several
verdicts of the tribunal which
are for welfare of troops and
expressed hope that it will file
an appeal against the verdict.
The Minister said Rath
had failed to inform higher
authorities about the MoU
being signed by the 33 Corps
with private builders to build
educational institutions on a
land which was sensitive in
terms of security.
The Tribunal had on
Friday allowed Rath's petition
in which he had alleged that
Gen VK Singh had given
undue importance to the
case as he had a serious
grudge against the then
Military Secretary Lt Gen
Avdesh Prakash whom he held
responsible for obtaining a
commitment from him on the
issue of his date of birth, which
stood in the way of his exten-
sion of tenure as the Chief of
the Army Staff.
Meanwhile, Rath said the
verdict has vindicated his stand
that he had done nothing
wrong in the alleged scam.
I have suffered so much
because of this for all these
years. But the tribunal's verdict
has vindicated my stand, Rath
told PTI over phone from Pune.
Asked on the role of former
Army chief VK Singh, who is
now a Union Minister, in his
case, he said, I would not like
to get personal in these matters
but I want to say that no per-
son should be victimised by
senior officers and the Army
should ensure that it does not
happen in future.
He said that from day one,
I have been telling the AFT and
the Army authorities that I had
done nothing wrong in the
process but I am relieved that jus-
tice has been done. PTI
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G
erman Foreign Minister
Dr Frank-Walter
Steinmeier, along with a strong
business delegation, arrived in
New Delhi on Saturday for a
two-day visit.
During his visit, the
Foreign Minister
will hold political
discussions with
the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, his
c o u n t e r p a r t
Sushma Swaraj,
Human Resource
De v e l o p me n t
Minister Smriti Irani, Minister
for Urban Development and
Parliamentary Affairs M
Venkaiah Naidu and the
Minister for Commerce and
Industry Nirmala Sitharaman.
The new Indian
Government hopes to improve
its trade relations with
Germany and is seeking com-
mitment from German
investors to fund Indian pro-
jects. Dr Steinmeier is accom-
panied by a high-profile busi-
ness delegation which will hold
meetings with Indian business
leaders to work out measures to
boost bilateral trade and facil-
itate German investment in
India. The business delegation
will be received by Minister of
Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi
Raju Pusapati and prominent
business people from Andhra
Pradesh. Dr Steinmeiers dele-
gation also includes German
Members of Parliament and
representatives from the cul-
tural sector, and journalists.
During his visit, the visiting
Foreign Minister will hold talks
with several Indian intellectu-
als and artists.
Indo-German relations
have always been very good and
cordial. The new German and
the new Indian Governments
share important interests. The
individual strengths of our two
countries are such, that India
and Germany can complement
each other very well.
There is huge poten-
tial in closer cooper-
ation in several key
areas, like trade, busi-
ness, education, sci-
ence, environment
and energy. This visit
will intensify Indo-
German relations and help us
make progress in these sectors
further strengthening our bilat-
eral ties, said German
Ambassador to India Michael
Steiner.
The German Government
is helping in restoration of
Chausath Khamba in the
Nizamuddin area of Delhi while
a German-made tunnel-drilling
machine is being used by Delhi
Metro at IIT area. Dr Steinmeier
will visit the construction site of
the Delhi Metro at IIT Gate on
Sunday. He will also visit a
Kendriya Vidyalaya School
where he will meet Human
Resource Development Minister
Smriti Irani and interact with a
group of Indian pupils. The
German Government supports
Deutsch an 1000 Schulen
(German in 1000 Schools).
The visiting Foreign
Minister will also visit Chausath
Khamba in the Nizamuddin
area of Delhi. The German
Foreign Office is financially
supporting the restoration of the
Chausath Khamba, led by the
Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
New Delhi: Amid reports of
friction between the Centre
and the Telangana
Government, a delegation led
by Chief Minister K
Chandrashekar Rao on
Saturday called on Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
discussed the controversial
household survey conducted in
the State among other issues.
The Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) Government
had conducted a massive
household survey across the
State last month to ascertain
comprehensive information
on citizens, an exercise which
attracted criticism from cer-
tain quarters.
The survey had created
apprehension among people
hailing from Seemandhra
region who reside in Telangana
that it was meant to identify
Seemandhra natives.
We have told the Prime
Minister that we have done the
survey and got the best of it. We
informed him (about) the ben-
efits of the survey, TRS Rajya
Sabha MP K Keshava Rao told
PTI here after the meeting.
Keshava Rao asserted that
the survey was conducted only
to know the true facts on the
ground against the backdrop of
alleged excess ration cards.
There are 80 lakh house-
holds, but 1.2 crore ration
cards. We wanted to know
what is reason behind it... So,
we thought that the best thing
would be to get the real pic-
ture. We had no other inten-
tion, he said.
The Chief Minister was
accompanied by his party MPs.
Keshava Rao also said that
the delegation has urged the
PM to consider a second air-
port for Hyderabad in the
northern part of the city.
Already, we have an air-
port in the southern part of
Hyderabad. We have request-
ed for another airport in the
northern part of the city.
Telangana special repre-
sentative to Del hi,
Venugopalachary said the
meeting lasted for 30 minutes,
during which about 20 issues
ranging from power to setting
up of educational institutions
were discussed. PTI
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T
he delayed monsoon in north India has
upset road building plans in
Uttarakhand. Although the officials say that
they were expecting a break in work sched-
ule due to yearly monsoon pattern but the
staggered and delayed rains will cost them
dearly in terms of funds and project com-
pletion deadlines.
The monsoon arrived in the first week
of July, and will probably continue all of this
month. We were anticipating it by end of
August. This delay in rains has come with
a mammoth cost as all our manpower and
machinery is lying idle, said an official from
the Ministry of Roads, Transport and
Highways (MoRTH).
After the bad spell of rains last year,
which left the entire road network in dis-
array, we had been able to restore connec-
tivity. We were hoping to start on our sec-
ond phase of work by end of August- early
September but the delayed rains have
derailed our plans, said the official.
Although, the officials do not have a ready
figure to ascertain the losses but they say that
it may escalate costs by at least 30 per cent.
Last year, under the UPA tenure, the
Roads and Highways Ministry had worked
out a C1,000 crore proposal for medium-
term repair of roads and highways. This was
planned to be the second phase of devel-
opment, which had to start post-monsoon.
We had planned to start work on the sec-
ond phase of re-building the road network
in Uttarakhand post monsoon. We had tar-
geted a two-year completion period but this
delay in rains may delay the project by at least
six months or even more, said the official.
In the past, most roads in Uttarakhand
came up in an unplanned manner. Some
were made from walking tracks to roads and
then to highways and some just came up to
join the existing road network. The plan is
to re-build the road network in the hills,
which will keep the slopes intact both up
the hill and in the valley. This will help pre-
vent frequent landslides, said the official.
The Ministry wants to the give the hill
roads, the semblance of national highways,
which would not just serve for a medium
term for at least five to 10 years.
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he Centre has ordered a
CBI enquiry into the mys-
terious disappearance of a
whi st l ebl ower who had
exposed the missing of price-
less artifacts at the Kolkata-
based Indian Museum, where
he was t he Chi ef
Conservation Officer.
It has been two months
since the officer in question
Sunil Kumar Upadhyay was
reported missing by his friends
and family, who allege foul play.
The latest development has
come as a big moral boost for
the family who had approached
the Supreme Court last month
with a petition to trace out their
missing kin. The Court had
issued notice to the Centre,
West Bengal Government and
CBI and their responses are
awaited by next week.
The Ministry of Culture's
decision came to light after the
missing officer's brother filed
an RTI. On August 14, 2014 the
Ministry replied indicating that
the present NDA Government
was not only concerned about
the fate of the missing officer
but was even interested to
probe deep into the previous
Government's conduct to turn
a blind eye towards alleged
irregularities reported about
the Indian Museum by way of
revelations made by Upadhyay,
later followed up by a damning
Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) report (Report
No 18 of 2013) pointing to
gross mismanagement at the
museum.
Annexing both the letter of
the Ministry along with the
CAG report to his petition, the
missing officer' s brother
Krishan Mohan Upadhyay has
filed an application in Supreme
Court requesting to place these
documents in support of his
allegation indicating foul play
behind his brother's untimely
disappearance from his Kolkata
home.
Interestingly, the Culture
Minister Shripad Naik soon
after taking charge in June this
year dispatched a senior officer
of the Ministry to inspect the
Indian Museum. The officer
who visited Kolkata on July 22-
23 submitted a report based on
which the Ministry has sought
an explanation from the
Director, Indian Museum. In
addition it said, Director CBI
has been requested to take up
the case of disappearance of
Sunil Kumar Upadhyay,
Preservation Officer, Indian
Museum.
The application also high-
lighted how the Kolkata Police
evaded response on a similar
RTI query on this issue. When
asked to tell the status of probe
on a complaint about missing
Upadhyay, the Joint
Commissioner of Police on
August 20, 2014 replied saying
that the Indian Museum,
Kolkata was the appropriate
authority to give information
in this regard.
This clearly establishes
the indecisive, insensitive, inef-
feicient, perverse approach of
the Kolkata Police to the pre-
sent case, stated the application
filed by Upadhyay's kin in SC
through counsel Anirudh
Sharma.
With the matter referred to
the CBI and the Supreme Court
set to monitor the pending
enquiry, it could well lead to
opening of a Pandora Box as
the CAG too has faulted the
Museum authorities for main-
taining no records of priceless
artifacts, fake antiquities on dis-
play, and antiquities of nation-
al importance making way to
international auction houses -
Sotheby's, Christie's, without
any government record to show
ASI or any agency participat-
ing or approving of such sale.
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M
aking it clear that the
Centre would adopt zero
tolerance mechanism over the
issue of poaching of one-
horned rhino, Union
Environment and Forests
Minister Prakash Javadekar on
Saturday assured to set up a
special rhino protection force
for protection and conservation
of the species.
The Union Minister, who
had visited the Kaziranga
National Park on Friday, also
took up the issue of encroach-
ment in forest land and pro-
tected areas such as Kaziranga
and said that a special task force
would also be formed soon to
look into the matter.
We will have zero tolerance
for rhino poaching. And thats
the reason why we have decid-
ed on creating a special rhino
protection force, he said while
interacting with the media at the
BSF camp at Patgaon near Rani,
off Guwahati.
The assurance of the
Union Minister assumes sig-
nificance in the backdrop of
the spurt in wildlife crimes in
the State including poaching
of rhinos in the Kaziranga
National Park and other pro-
tected areas of the State.
The Cent re, St ate
Government and other stake-
holders will work together to
stop poaching. In the next six
months, well evaluate the
work, he said.
The special rhino pro-
tection force will consist of
youth who are from the sur-
rounding villages of Kaziranga.
They have fair knowledge
about the park. We want the
locals to participate in our
efforts to prevent poaching,
Javadekar said. He asked the
State Government to be more
active saying it was the respon-
sibility of the State Government
to prevent poaching.
If there is any encroach-
ment of land in the jungle pro-
tection areas, we would want
the State Government to take
action, Javadekar said.
Individuals, civil society
groups and NGOs in Assam
claimed that large tracts of
land in Kaziranga had been
encroached upon by illegal
Bangladeshi settlers. Javadekar
had on Friday said illegal immi-
gration and encroachment of
land in Kaziranga were issues of
serious concerns.
We believe in develop-
ment with protection of envi-
ronment. They should go side
by side. We cannot have
development without the
environment, he said.
It may be mentioned here
that as many as 193 rhinos have
been killed by poachers in
Kaziranga since 2001.
According to the Government
statistics, the poachers had
already killed over 23 rhinos,
most of them in Kaziranga
national park, this year.
The animal is killed for its
horn, considered an aphro-
disiac for both men and
women. A rhino horn is sold at
C1 crore in the international
black market.
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his stealth cat of the wild
made his first appearance
on May 17, 2014 at
Chengalpattu, a suburb in
Chennai. Many claim to have
seen him at close quarters.
Normal life in the villages
where he was spotted came to
a standstill by every evening
and it continues till date.
Forest officials identified
him as a full grown male leop-
ard from the pug marks as well
as photographs taken by two
cameras kept at vantage spots
in areas where he was seen by
the villagers. He is a healthy
eight-year-old leopard and has
no medical or physical prob-
lems. The leopard had real fun
time in the peripheries of the
Chengalpattu forest which has
a rich population of rabbits,
stray dogs and herds of cattle
coming for grazing.
The leopard was pho-
tographed twice in the month
of July. When he continued to
be elusive, the forest officials
increased the number of cam-
eras to eight and kept five
traps at places frequented by
him in need of food and drink-
ing water. Interestingly, the big
cat never attacked any of the
human beings he came across.
Whenever the locals raised
alarms after spotting him, the
leopard disappeared into the
dense jungles nearby.
He is an intelligent leop-
ard..very very intelligent.
Though we increased the num-
ber of cameras from two to
eight and the number of traps
to five, he has never been pho-
tographed even once. He stays
away from the lenses of these
cameras and keep off from the
traps. This is surprising, Gopu,
the seasoned Ranger,
Chengalpattu Forest Range,
told The Pioneer on Saturday..
Gopu also said the leopard
has not given any moment of
anxiety to the forest staff or the
local people. There is only one
complaint against him for
poaching from the herd of
goats owned by one of the vil-
lagers. Otherwise he survives
on rabbits and foxes found
inside and outside the forest,
disclosed Gopu.
The Pioneer had reported
about how camera crew
belonging to a popular Tamil
TV channel which had gone to
capture the live visuals of the
elusive leopard took to their
heels when the big cat growled
from its hiding place. Some of
the locals said that the big cat
might have gone into the deep-
er forest irritated by people
who disturb his sleep! Gopu is
confident of capturing the
leopard live if he returns to the
villages. For that to happen, the
Ranger may require another set
of cameras and traps.
Fh8 Q K0LKATA
I
n what could turn into a
game changer for the BJP,
party president Amit Shah will
address a rally in Kolkata ahead
of the September 13
Chowrunghee Assembly by-
elections.
Shah embarking on a two-
day visit of Kolkata beginning
on Saturday was likely to give
a road-map to the State party
leaders for consolidating its
position in the State and
counter the Trinamool
Congress in a more productive
manner.
The party had done
remarkably well in the General
elections by polling about 16.8
per cent votes.
The two-day brainstorm-
ing meeting of the State com-
mittee started in Kolkata on
Saturday.
The party is confident of
winning both the Assembly
seats of Chowrunghee in
Central Kolkata where Shah is
expected to hold a rally.
The BJP is expecting to win
both the seats of Basirhat in
North 24 Parganas and
Chowrunghee. From Basirhat
Assembly segment the party
had secured a 30,000 lead in the
Lok Sabha elections and it had
trailed by just 1,500 votes in
Chowrunghee segment.
Shah is likely to pray at the
Kali Temple in Kolkata on
Sunday before holding a meet-
ing of the State executive where
he is expected to discuss the
strategies that could help the
party expand its support base.
He will then address a
meeting in Bow Bazaar area of
Chowrunghee.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa on
Saturday sacked Milk and
Dairy Development Minister V
Moorthy and appointed BV
Ramanaa in his place.
R a ma n a a ,
who was sacked as
Revenue Minister
on May 19, is stag-
ing a comeback in
the Ministry.
Governor K
Rosaiah accepted
the recommenda-
tions of Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa in this
regard, a Raj Bhavan commu-
nique said.
Ramanaa represents
Thiruvallur Assembly con-
stituency an AIADMK state-
ment said general secretary
Jayalalithaa also removed
Moorthy as Tiruvallur South
district Secretary under the
party's restructuring exercise.
Ramanna was appointed as
Tiruvallur West district party
secretary while former Ponneri
Constituency MLA
' Siruneeyam' P
Balaraman was
a p p o i n t e d
Tiruvallur East dis-
trict Secretary, it
said.
Those con-
stituencies that
were under
Tiruvallur North and South dis-
trict units would henceforth
come under Tiruvallur East
and West district units, it said.
The list of new party func-
tionaries under Tiruvallur East
and West district units would be
released soon, it added. PTI
Th khhkThk Q MuMBA
I
n another setback to the rul-
ing NCP in the run-up to the
Maharashtra Assembly polls, its
former Medical Education
Minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit
and several of several of its
office bearers from the tribal
Nandurbar district in north-
Maharashtra joined the BJP
here on Saturday.
Gavit who had been
sacked from the State Cabinet at
the NCPs behest early this year
after his daughter Heena con-
tested the Nandurbar Lok Sabha
seat on a BJP ticket against nine-
term Congress MP Manikrao
Gavit and won formally
entered the BJP in presence of
Leader of Opposition in the
Maharashtra Legislative
Assembly Eknath Khadse.
Welcoming the NCPs for-
mer Medical Education
Ministers and his supporters
into the BJP at the State party
quarters in south Mumbai,
Khadse said that his party had
decided to induct Gavit into his
party as the charges of dispro-
portionate made against the lat-
ter and his family members had
not been proved yet.
Gavit and his family mem-
bers are being investigated by
the State ACB in an alleged dis-
proportionate assets case,
claimed that false charges had
been made against him by the
local Congress leaders.
I have not indulged in any
illegal activity. Nor have the
charges made against me by
political rivals been proved yet.
If I am found guilty in the case
against me, I will not continue to
remain in public life, Gavit said
Given that he himself is
an influential tribal leader in
Nandurbar district which
has long been a traditional
Congress bastion and his
daughter Heena is a sitting
BJP MP, the entry of Gavit
and his supporters to the BJP
will provide big boost to the
party ahead of the State
Assembly polls.
New Delhi: With the Supreme
Court setting a deadline for
completing trial in cases involv-
ing lawmakers, the Law
Ministry has written to high
courts requesting them to
ensure that cases against MPs
and MLAs facing charges
which attract disqualification
are fast-tracked.
The decision to write to the
State Governments as well as
the 24 High Courts was taken
at a recent high-level meeting
chaired by Home Minister
Rajnath Singh and attended by
Law Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad and senior officials of
Home and Law Ministries,
besides Attorney General
Mukul Rohatgi.
Cases against MPs and
MLAs which attract disqualifi-
cation under Section 8(1), 8(2)
and 8(3) of the Representation of
the People Act needed to be com-
pleted within one year of fram-
ing charges as per a March 10
direction of the Supreme Court.
Any sentence which
attracts punishment of two
years and above can lead to dis-
qualification from Parliament
or state legislature.
Highly-placed sources said
the Attorney General is likely
to inform the Apex Court
about the Government's deci-
sion to write to the States to
expedite the cases involving
lawmakers. PTI
Fh8 Q LuCKh0w
P
olice inaction in a
gang-rape case and the
threats issued by the accused
pushed a 17-year-old victim to
self-immolation in Bahraich.
While, a man was shot at in
Firozabad for daring to lodge
a named FIR in a sexual assault
case.
In Bahraich, a minor Dalit
girl of Kallughari hamlet in
Motipur was going to the field
to work on Friday evening
when Alakh Ram and Sone
nabbed her. They pulled the girl
to a secluded spot and raped
her. When the girl returned
home, she narrated the incident
to her family members, who
went to the local police station
and lodged a report.
However, the cops took
no cognisance and when the
girl was returning home, Alakh
Ram and Sone, who were loi-
tering near the police station,
threatened her with dire con-
sequences for trying to lodge a
case. Humiliated by police
inaction and the threats issued
by the rapists, the girl, poured
kerosene over her body and set
herself ablaze.
The family members tried
to rescue the girl and took her
to the hospital but she was pro-
nounced dead by the doctors.
The self-immolation woke the
local police up from their slum-
ber. The cops claimed to have
raided the house of the accused
but failed to arrest them as they
were absconding. The police
registered a case and sent the
body for post-mortem.
Jammu: Home Minister
Rajnath Singh on Saturday said
India may resort to alternative
steps if negotiations with
neighbours on incursions do
not yield fruitful results.
Singh, who is on a day's tour
to the State to assess flood situ-
ation, was asked about incursions
by Chinese Army in Leh area to
which he replied that incursions
were happening earlier also.
Our Jawans are guarding
our borders and there will be no
let up in the vigil. The
Government wants to resolve all
issues with its neighbours
through dialogue but alternative
steps can be taken if they dont
believe in negotiations, Singh
said without specifying the
neighbouring country. Jammu
and Kashmir has seen incursions
from Pakistan as well as China.
When asked whether the
Centre and the State are on
confrontational path following
a resolution passed by Jammu
and Kashmir Legislative
Assembly seeking resumption
of dialogue with Pakistan, the
Home Minister said there is no
confrontation and the centre
and state have cordial relations.
Recently, PLA personnel
entered Charding Nilu Nullah
Junction in Demchok sector on
their vehicles claiming it to be
Chinese territory, official
sources had said.
The PLA soldiers who
wanted to have a round of the
area were stopped by the Indian
Army and personnel of Indo
Tibetan Border Police, a force
which guards the India-China
border.
After a 30-minute long
stand-off followed by a banner
drill where armies of both the
countries warned each other
against moving a step forward,
the PLA personnel returned to
their side, the sources said. PTI
Srinagar/Jammu: The land for
rehabilitation of displaced
Kashmiri Pandits, who migrat-
ed from the Kashmir Valley in
the early 1990's due to mili-
tancy, can be identified in one
or two months, Home Minister
Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.
We are committed to the
rehabilitation of Kashmiri
Pandits who have migrated
from the valley. The State
Government can start the
process of identifying the land
for their rehabilitation after the
floods. They can identify land
in one month or two months
after dealing with floods, he
told reporters here.
Singh was on a day-long
tour to Jammu and Kashmir
during which he made an aer-
ial survey of flood affected
areas of the State.
The Home Minister said
the Central Government has
already earmarked C500 crore
(in general budget) for reha-
bilitation of Kashmiri Pandits
in the valley.
Asked whether it was prop-
er to write a letter to Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah ask-
ing him to identify land in the
midst of floods, the Home
Minister said there was noth-
ing wrong in sending the letter
as the process was initiated
even before the State was hit by
floods.
The letter has gone in the
normal course. The letter only
means the process has begun,
he said. PTI
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Saturday launched his party's
campaign for the
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expressing hope that the peo-
ple would elect us for the
fourth consecutive term.
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wave in the country during
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candidalure or a nonermanenl
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Jaan, as lhe Jaanese Frime
Minisler Shin/o Abe arrived here
on a lwoday visil lo boosl
economic and securily lies.
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never agreed lo a Aug 25
deadline lo rovide answers on
ils conlroversial nuclear
rogramme, aler lhe uh alomic
walchdog accused Tehran o
ailing lo deliver on lime.
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8anaa: Yemeni securily oicials
and lribal leaders say clashes
belween Shia rebels and slamisl
lribesmen have killed 4O eole
over lwo days in lhe counlry's
norlh.
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8eijing: China's Civil Aairs
Minislry says 44 eole have
been killed and 18 are missing
aler a week o looding in lhe
counlry's soulhwesl lhal has
also caused massive damage lo
housing and cros.
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kaIhmandu: heal's olilical
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lhe Consliluenl Assembly's work
schedule lo sorl oul dierences
over conlenlious issues in
raming lhe muchawailed
Conslilulion wilhin lhe sliulaled
lime rame o January 22, 2O15.
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Salurday lhal rominenl righls
aclivisl Maryam alKhawaja be
kel behind bars or an exlra 1O
days desile a uh call or her
release, her lawyer said.
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Iondon: Libya's slamislbacked
cabinel was sworn in Salurday.
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minislries and lhree sureme
councils, Xinhua reorled.
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lan, lhe house o
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Raqa on Salurday killed 81
eole, including 15 slamic
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T
he Pakistani Army and its
notorious spy wing, the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),
are engaged in a dangerous
game of using terrorist
brinkmanship to threaten India
and simultaneously undermine
their own Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif, says former CIA
analyst and White House offi-
cial Bruce Riedel.
The Pakistani Army and
its ISI spies are once again play-
ing with fire with India, the
LeT and Kashmir in order to
secure domestic gains against
their civilian leaders, writes
Riedel in The Daily Beast.
A top expert on counter-
terrorism who advised four US
presidents on South Asia,
Riedel goes on to say that
America should consider
naming Pakistan a state spon-
sor of terrorism if it were to
mount another terrorist attack
against India.
It certainly meets the cri-
teria and has for decades,
Riedel notes in his strongly-
worded commentary, disclos-
ing: The first Bush adminis-
tration seriously considered
this measure in 1992, although
such a step obviously would
have immense consequences
for US-Pakistan relations.
Riedel also makes the case
for America stepping up intel-
ligence cooperation with India
to prevent and deter terrorist
attacks such as the ones in
Mumbai and Herat in
Afghanistan, where the Indian
consulate was targeted on the
eve of Prime Minister Narendra
Modis inauguration in May.
Even if a terrorist action
cannot be foiled, the more
information exchanged about
Pakistani ISI involvement with
LeT, the more likely the US will
have credibility with New Delhi
if a crisis does occur, notes
Riedel, who currently heads the
Intelligence Project at the
Brookings Institution.
Commenting on Al
Qaedas latest bid to complicate
the situation by announcing the
creation of its new franchise in
India, Riedel says the videotape
by Ayman al-Zawahiri has
been made in his hideout in
Pakistan, no doubt, and many
Indians suspect the ISI is help-
ing to protect him.
Zawahiri has longstand-
ing links to LeT and to (its
founder, Hafiz) Saeed, Riedel
notes, concluding that the
domestic politics of Pakistan
are central to the drama sur-
rounding the Al Qaeda leaders
first tape this year, threatening
jihadist attacks across India.
In Riedels assessment, one
of the goals of the Herat oper-
ation that was foiled by Indian
security guards was to dis-
credit Sharif, who has no con-
trol over the ISI or the Pakist
ani army.
According to him, the
army is unhappy with Sharif
since his election last year and
is particularly upset that he has
put former military ruler
Pervez Musharraf on trial for
treason. While the Army
doesnt care that much for
Musharraf, it does not like the
judicial system holding a gen-
eral accountable for coups,
Riedel writes, quipping: For
them that sets a bad precedent.
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R
ussia on Saturday sent six
ships carrying personnel
and equipment to a Soviet-era
military base in the Arctic that
it is reopening to bolster its
presence in the region, Russian
news agencies reported.
Moscow is ramping up its
military presence in the pristine
but energy-rich region as other
countries such as Canada and
Norway are also staking claims
to access its resources.
President Vladimir Putin
last year ordered the military to
return to a base on the far-
Northern New Siberian Islands
that was abandoned in 1993.
On Saturday, a fleet of six
ships including two large land-
ing ships set off from the port
of Severomorsk in northern
Russia, a spokesman for the
Western military district,
Vadim Serga, told ITAR-TASS
news agency.
The ships will be accom-
panied by several icebreakers.
The main task of the lat-
est expedition by a number of
Northern Fleet ships to the
Arctic is to deliver staff, equip-
ment and supplies to the task-
force that from this year will
serve on the New Siberian
islands on a permanent basis,
said the northern fleets com-
mander, Admiral Vladimir
Korolyov.
Last year, ten ships went to
the New Siberian Islands in
September to deliver the first
equipment and supplies to
rebuild the base on an archi-
pelago where temperatures can
fall to -50 degrees Celsius (-58
Fahrenheit)
Russia disalches naval
orce lo reoen Arclic base
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T
he United States and Iran
have denied plans for any
military coordination in the
fight against Islamic State
militants operating in Iraq
and Syria.
We are not going to coor-
dinate military action or share
intelligence with Iran and have
no plans to do so, State
Department deputy spokes-
woman Marie Harf said on
Friday, reacting to reports that
Tehran had approved such an
arrangement.
Harf said that Washington
was open to engaging with
Iran as it had in the past on
select issues, notably on
Afghanistan in late 2001, when
the two sides worked to put
Hamid Karzai into power after
the fall of the Taliban.
But we will not be coor-
dinating our action together,
she added.
The BBC reported, citing
unnamed sources in Tehran,
that Irans supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had
approved cooperation with the
US in the fight against the
Islamic State.
In a brief statement on
Iranian state media, foreign
ministry spokeswoman
Marzieh Afkham denied
the report.
Irans stance has already
been declared and this news is
not correct, she added.
US and Iranian officials
met earlier for a second day in
Geneva as they work toward
hammering out a full deal on
Tehran's controversial nuclear
program ahead of a November
deadline.
The two countries have
not had diplomatic relations in
more than 30 years, but in the
past year have seen a bit of a
rapprochement as they work
on the nuclear deal.
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cooroination lans over S
Baghdad: US President
Barack Obamas plan for an
international anti-jehadi coali-
tion is a strong message of
support for Baghdad and its
fight against militants, Iraqi
Foreign Minister Hoshyar
Zebari said on Saturday.
We welcome that, and
we have repeatedly called on
our international partners for
help and support because
this threat is a very deadly
threat... Not only to the peo-
ple of Iraq or the region, but
to Europe, to America, to
NATO, Zebari told AFP.
This is basically our
fight... But we need the support
our capacity is limited, and
we need the support to
enhance our capacity, he said.
Nobodys thinking of
any ground troops at this
stage they are calling for
air support, for tactical sup-
port, for arming the forces on
the ground, like the (Kurdish)
peshmerga, the Iraqi securi-
ty forces, and also to pro-
vide...Intelligence, recon-
naissance, he added. AFP
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Donetsk: Russia has vowed to
respond if the European
Union imposes new sanctions
over the Ukraine crisis.
The EU says the sanc-
tions, targeting more Russian
individuals, will come in on
Monday but could be later sus-
pended if Russia withdraws
troops from eastern Ukraine
and observes a current truce.
Fridays ceasefire appears
to be largely holding - but
there were reports of shootings
by both sides.
Some 2,600 people have
died since a pro-Russian rebel-
lion began in April.
The Russian foreign min-
istry said in a statement: As
for the new list of sanctions
from the European Union, if
they are passed, there will
undoubtedly be a reaction
from our side
The fresh sanctions would
add another 24 people to the
list of people barred from
entering the EU and whose
assets have been frozen.
Among them would be the
rebel leadership in the eastern
Donetsk and Luhansk regions,
officials in Crimea, which was
annexed by Russia in March,
and Russian decision-makers
and oligarchs, European
Council President Herman
Van Rompuy and European
Commi ssi on chi ef Jose
Manuel Barroso said in a state-
ment. Agencies
Pussia 'will roaot' to
Europoan Union sanotions
Donetsk: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday accused
Kievs forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed,
and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. A
leading member of the parliament established by the self-pro-
claimed Donetsk Peoples Republic said Ukrainian units had
launched several missiles toward rebel positions after the truce
went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday.
The ceasefires terms are not being observed, Vladimir
Makovich told AFP.
On Friday at 9:00 pm, we saw several missiles launched
on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, and also a heavy
armoured column moving from the (neighbouring south-
western region) of Zaporizhia. His comments were echoed
by the prime minister of the Peoples Republic, Aleksander
Zakharchenko, in comments to Russian state news agency RIA
Novosti.
It is too early to speak completely of a ceasefire, he said.
Ukraine's military said earlier there had been no fighting
in Donetsk since the ceasefire deal and AFP reporters in con-
flict zones said the situation appeared to be calm. AFP
Rebel leaders accuse ukraine
orces o breaking ceaseire
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P
akistan on Saturday said
Chinese President Xi
Jinpings maiden visit to the
country has been postponed
due to the current political tur-
moil and would be re-sched-
uled at an early date.
In view of the current
political situation in Pakistan,
the Governments of China and
Pakistan have mutually agreed
to postpone the State visit of Xi
Jinping to Pakistan, a Pakistan
Foreign Office statement said.
China on Saturday
announced the postponement
of President Xi Jinpings first
visit to Pakistan due to the
ongoing political crisis there, in
a decision which marks his
skipping an all weather ally
for the first time during a
South Asia trip which will take
him to India and Sri Lanka.
The visit was scheduled to
take place later this month.
New dates for the Presidents
visit to Pakistan are being dis-
cussed through diplomatic
channels, it said.
The Foreign Office also
said both countries underline
that they are time-tested all-
weather friends and attach
high importance to the visit of
President Xi to Pakistan, as
early as possible, for promoting
mutually beneficial bilateral
cooperation. Analysts said the
postponement was a setback to
Pakistan Government which
had offered the Chinese dele-
gation to land in Lahore but the
proposal was rejected.
Protests have put Pakistan
Government under pressure.
The protesters headed by
Imran Khan and cleric
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FTI Q SLAMABA0
A
t least 160 people have
been killed and 148 others
injured in torrential monsoon
rains in Pakistan that have
wreaked havoc across the
country as troops raced to
evacuate people from deluged
areas.
Premier Nawaz Sharif
chaired a meeting to review
rain and flood situation on
Saturday in the country and the
damage caused to life and
property by incessant showers.
Monsoon rains continue to
wreak havoc across Punjab
and Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK), increasing the
death toll to at least 160, Express
News reported on Saturday.
The downpour, termed as
one of the heaviest ever, start-
ed on Wednesday and has
since continued to lash certain
parts of the country.
Chairman National
Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA), Major
General Muhammad Saeed
Aleem briefed the Prime
Minister about the ongoing
relief activities and measures
being taken at the district,
provincial and national levels to
cope with the emergent situa-
tion. Areas in Punjab, PoK
and Gilgit-Baltistan have been
affected by the rains and flood-
ing.
Lahore and Rawalpindi
divisions are experiencing seri-
ous urban flooding. There is
also flooding in Chenab and
Jhelum while canals, especial-
ly in Gujranwala and
Rawalpindi, are also flooded,
Aleem said.
160 killed in torrential
rains in Pakistan
kIF Q M00A0Shu
S
omalias Government warned
on Saturday of a wave of
retaliatory attacks by the coun-
trys Al-Qaeda- linked Shebab
rebels after their leader was con-
firmed to have been killed in a
US air strike.
The Horn of Africa nations
president also offered Shebab
fighters the chance to lay down
their arms and seize on a 45-day
amnesty, telling them
Government troops and the
African Unions AMISOM force
was on the brink of overrunning
their territory. On Friday the
Pentagon confirmed that
Ahmed Abdi Godane, the
leader of Al-Qaedas main affil-
iate in Africa, perished in an
attack on Monday in which US
drones and manned aircraft
rained Hellfire missiles and
laser-guided bombs on a gath-
ering of Shebab commanders.
There was no comment
from the Shebab, who through-
out the week have refused to
confirm or deny reports of
Godances death. Somalias
national security minister said
he believed they were now bent
on revenge. Security agencies
have obtained information indi-
cating that Al-Shebab is now
planning to carry out desperate
attacks against medical facilities,
education centres and other
Government facilities, Kalif
Ahmed Ereg told reporters.
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hite House officials say
President Barack Obama
has decided to delay any exec-
utive action on immigration
until after the November con-
gressional elections.
The officials say Obama
believes taking steps on his own
during the midterm campaign
would politicise the issue and
hurt future efforts to pass a
broad overhaul.
The officials say Obama
believes he has the power to
authorise certain measures to
ease deportations without con-
gressional legislation. And they
say he still will act before the
end of the year.
The officials spoke on the
condition of anonymity to dis-
cuss the Presidents decision
before it was announced.
Obama faces competing
pressures from immigration
advocacy groups and from
Democrats worried that taking
steps now would energise
Republican opposition against
vulnerable Senate Democrats.
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adicals backing Afghan
presidential candidate
Abdullah Abdullah could
foment postelection violence if
he isnt given an equitable
share of power, his spokesman
warned on Saturday ahead of a
meeting with his rival aimed at
resolving a monthslong elec-
tion dispute.
The camps of the two can-
didates former Foreign
Minister Abdullah and former
Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani
Ahmadzai said the two were
expected to meet later on
Saturday or on Sunday to nego-
tiate a final deal on what pow-
ers should be given to a pro-
posed chief executive position,
the final sticking point of a
national unity Government.
Ominously, a spokesman
for Abdullah the man most
here believe is behind in the
official ballot count insinuated
that the election could still
end violently.
In what appeared to be
either a threat or a negotiating
tactic, the spokesman said
Abdullahs powerful factional
supporters are pressuring their
candidate to not cede any
power to Ghani Ahmadzai.
If we agree and the terms
of the agreement are providing
an equal opportunity for both
camps and defuses that tension,
it might reduce the prospect of
violence, Mujib Rahman
Rahimi, an Abdullah cam-
paign spokesman, told The
Associated Press.
But imagine if you have an
agreement that insults one side
and promotes the other side
and each side firmly believes he
is a winner that could be a
recipe for radicals to re-emerge
and challenge the leadership
and say this is not acceptable,
he said.
Abdullah won the first
round of the election in April
but did not secure enough
votes to avoid a June runoff. A
preliminary count showed
Ghani Ahmadzai winning the
second round, but both sides
alleged widespread fraud.
kIF Q FREET0wh
S
ierra Leone is to enforce
three days of complete
shutdown across the country
later this month in a bid to
contain the Ebola epidemic, a
Government spokesman said
on Saturday.
The measure, which will
come i nto force f rom
September 19, means pedes-
trians and vehicles on non-
essential business will be
barred from movement for 72
hours. This will be strictly
adhered to without excep-
tion, Government spokesman
Abdulai Bayratay told AFP
by telephone. Authorities in
Freetown will use the 72-hour
quarantine window to give
medical staff access to patients
who have yet to be trans-
ferred to treatment centres,
Bayratay said.
In this regard, health
workers as well as health-
related NGO personnel will
make house-to-house checks
on homes for likely Ebola suf-
ferers that relatives have hid-
den, he added.
Bayratay said the shutdown
would be aided by the arrival of
several new ambulances and up
to 30 military vehicles, and
could be repeated in future. The
quarantine plan was announced
after the World Health
Organization (WHO) said
Friday that the death toll from
Ebola since the start of the year
had topped 2,000.
Siorra Loono plans 3-day
shutdown to stall Ebola
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steps during the mid-term
campaign would politicise
the issue
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ownplaying the critical coal
supply situation to thermal
plants, the nation's largest sup-
plier of dry fuel Coal India Ltd
(CIL) has claimed that though
the quota being supplied to
these units during the monsoon
months of July and August is
more than last year, the shortage
in several of these plants could
be mainly due to erratic mon-
soon and logistical reasons like
disruption in rail lines which
carry these consignments to
plants located in distant places.
Official sources claim that
the situation is not alarming and
out of around 100 thermal sta-
tions located in the country, it is
normal for some to have critical
supply of coal, owing to various
reasons ranging from logistics, to
law and order situation as well as
climatic factors.
At the same time though,
Coal and Power Minister Piyush
Goyal had a couple of days
back, held a meeting via video-
conferencing with CIL acting
Chairman A K Dubey as well as
heads of all its subsidiaries, to
review the coal supply situation.
If officials are to be believed, then
this was a routine meeting,
which is held on a weekly basis
to keep a tab on supplies being
made to power plants across the
country.
According to CIL sources,
the coal supply to state-owned
National Thermal Power
Corporation's (NTPC) stations
has been more than adequate
during August 2014, so much so
that the company even refused
supplies claiming more than
sufficient quota with its thermal
plants.
"The critical and super crit-
ical coal supply (which means
plants reporting less than seven
days and less than four days of
coal stock respectively) does not
apply to pit head plants. This
mainly affects those plants which
are located at distant locations.
Moreover State-owned thermal
plants (like those belonging to
NTPC) have adequate supplies.
The problem of critical supply
therefore is more due to insuffi-
cient monsoon in various parts
of the country and also could be
due to disruptions in rail lines on
which coal is carried to plants,"
a CIL official quoting anonymi-
ty said.
Last week the situation at
NTPC's three stations namely
Badarpur in Delhi, Jhajjar in
neighbouring Haryana and Sipat
in Chhattisgarh was such that
they had reported zero days of
the essential fuel. Also several
stations located in western parts
of the country had also report-
ed critical as well as super crit-
ical supply of coal. However
when contacted, the company's
Chairman Arup Roy
Choudhury had told The
Pioneer that there was nothing
to worry about as no load shed-
ding had occurred during last
weekend.
Official sources, who are
keeping a watch over the coal
supply situation, said that it is
mainly the private entity-owned
power stations which face acute
shortage of the dry fuel owing to
the fact that their quota is linked
to the power purchase agree-
ments (PPAs), which makes it
costly for them to purchase
coal.
While the official machinery
may underplay the coal supply sit-
uation, the fact remains that last
month NTPC had to shut down
its four units of 890 mw capaci-
ty (on August 27) owing to coal
shortage.
On the same day, the peak
power shortfall - deficit in elec-
tricity supply when demand is
at its maximum - was 5,572 mw
at 2000 hours, according to a
report by the Northern Region
Load Despatch Centre
(NRLDC). It is the apex body to
ensure integrated operation of the
power system in the northern
region.
The total electricity require-
ment of the region during that
time was 50,173 MW of which
4,4601 MW was met.
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GCA has cracked down
on nearly 140 Jet Airways
pilots for continuing to fly
without clearing mandatory
biannual exams and issued
show cause notices to the air-
line questioning its pilot train-
ing programme.
The notices were issued to
the pilots, as also Jet's chief
operating officer and training
chief, on the basis of an audit
of its training programme by
a three-member DGCA team.
The DGCA, through the
show cause notices, asked
these pilots why their licens-
es should not be suspended as
they were flying without clear-
ing their Pilot Proficiency
Check (PPC) tests, which
have to be carried out every
six months.
The audit was ordered
after one of the airline's planes
plunged several thousand feet
while flying over the Turkish
airspace on the Brussels-
Mumbai route early last
month.
When contacted, a Jet
Airways spokesperson said
the airline "has not seen the
report from the DGCA nor
has the airline been advised
on when it will be received.
We therefore cannot com-
ment on the so called findings
in the report or the specula-
tion in the media."
"However we are confi-
dent that our training meets
all DGCA and international
standards and that we will be
able to resolve any discrepan-
cies or address any observa-
tions, however minor, once we
have the report and can dis-
cuss the findings with the
DGCA," the spokesperson
said.
Maintaining that safety
of passengers and crew
"remains our paramount pri-
ority", she said, "We will work
closely with the DGCA to
swiftly resolve any issues that
may be highlighted by the
authorities."
Airline officials said they
would be seeking a meeting
with the DGCA soon.
While Jet was asked to
ground three pilots "whose
training was found to be defi-
cient", the DGCA also pro-
posed action against some of
the airline's trainers who
"imparted deficient simulator
training to pilots", DGCA
officials said.
After the August eight
incident involving the Jet
flight over Turkey, the regu-
lator conducted the audit
from August 20 -22, claiming
to have found discrepancies of
"serious nature".
Jet employs obout 600
pilots. As per the findings of
the audit report, as many as
131 pilots were found to be
flying after expiry of validity
of certificates of their profi-
ciency check, a test that is
required to be taken every six
months.
These tests examine the
overall knowledge level and
proficiency of a pilot, the
officials said.
Commenting on the mat-
ter, a senior pilot, who refused
to be named, said the DGCA
has been changing rules in
this regard "very often" and it
takes time for an airline to
meet the detailed guidelines
and standards required by
the rules.
The DGCA rules allow
extension of time for Pilot
Proficiency Checks (PPCs)
by a month, he said, adding
that the PPCs include checks
on simulator training, on-
flight route checks and com-
pletion of various courses
including aviation security
(AVSEC) and Dangerous
Goods Course for pilots.
"If a pilot clears all flying
exams but his AVSEC test gets
delayed, he is still proficient
enought to fly. The AVSEC
test is meant for getting our
airport security passes and has
nothing to do with actual fly-
ing," the pilot argued.
Jet officials also said the
airline was setting up its own
flight simulators in Bangalore
and was awaiting certification
by the DGCA.
Till then, the airline was
sending its pilots for simula-
tor training to Hong Kong,
Jakarta, Dubai and even in
Gurgaon, they said.
As per the DGCA audit,
the private carrier's training
and operations chiefs have
been charged with "lack of
supervision of flight crew
training, no review of defi-
ciencies recorded in training
assessment forms and per-
mitting release of flight crew
for flying duties without cor-
rective training."
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launched two new slabs of com-
petitive basic airfare rates, as
other Indian carriers extended
dates for booking low cost tick-
ets over the past few days.The
low one-way base fare tickets of
the no-frill carrier can be bought
till September ten, costing C599
for travel between January 16-
October 24 next year and C1,999
for travel between October seven
this year and January 15,
2015.For the C 599 offer, taxes
and other fees and charges, bar-
ring fuel surcharge, would be
additional, but the C1,999 offer
is all-inclusive.
Sice]et announces
ticlets for C599,C1999
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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES
CIRCLE, UDAIPUR
No:- Actt/UDR/NIT/15/7969 Dated: 27.08.2014
CORRIGENDUM
The following amendments is hereby made in the NIT No. 15 of 2013-14 was issued
vide this office Letter No. 1620 dated 19.04.2014, 3131 dated 25.04.2014, 3976 dated
17.05.2014 & 5670 dated 30.06.2014.
S. No. Particular Amendment
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special 09 NEW DELH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
T
he hilhari case has laken a huge loll on
me. hol jusl because o all lhe blood and
gore associaled wilh il bul also because o
lhe olilical wars lhal look lace over il and
because gol unnecessarily dragged inlo
lhem. Being lhe sociely residenl al lhal lime,
lhoughl il was my duly lo hel oul. Bul al
lhe end o il all, was lel ighling a lone
ballle. l gives me a shiver every lime recall
lhe haenings o 0ecember 2OOGJanuary
2OO7 and Koli's dealh is deinilely no closure
or anyone.
when Ram Krishna and Ashok Kumar
who live in lhe servanl quarlers in Seclor 81
aroached me wilh lhe roblem o lheir girls
having gone missing rom wilhin 5OO melres
o 05, Seclor 81, requesled lhen SSF
Ralhore lo lace a oliceman or vigil oulside
Fandher's house. holhing much emerged
rom lhis exercise.
Bul my ordinary rouline suddenly look a
ulurn when Jhabulal said he has seen
bloodied human remains oulside lhe bylanes
o 05. Belween 0ecember 2O, 2OOG and
January 2OO7, lhe olice senl an ATS leam lo
dig oul more inlo lhe haenings in lhe
sociely. Koli was icked u or queslioning in
2OOG and he admilled lo have killed and raed
lwo viclims. he also heled lhe olice ind lhe
remains o his viclims. we lhoughl lhe case
was over. Bul soon, a lol olher skelelons were
discovered. The CB look over on January 12,
2OO7 and lhen lhe enlire lrulh came oul.
The dales and lhe haenings are elched on
my mind orever. Jhabhulal, Ram Krishna and
decided lo hel lhe secial leam unearlh lhe
drain and lhe indings were so horriying lhal
Ram Krishna lel midway. The irsl bloody
sack and ils conlenls are slill my worsl
nighlmare.
Rimy had been jusl married and lhe
decomosed body in lhal sack was her. She
had been killed only 24 hours beore being
discovered in lhe bylane o 05 so lhe blood
and slench was slill resh. her head had been
severed bul acked alongside. The severed
orlion was slill oo/ing blood. She slill had a
|inJi on her orehead and sinJccr in her
maan. Thal image has haunled me ever
since. Koli's hanging dale only revives lhe
ainul memories and lhe hard work we ul in
lo ensure lhal lhe accused were broughl lo
book. have allended all wilness sessions and
gave leslimony al leasl GO limes. Bul whal hil
me lhe hardesl was when lhe lhen Mayawali
0overnmenl slaed a bribery and raud
charge on me, Jhabhulal and Faulal.
gol a call around midnighl saying lhal had
been charged or raud. gol enlangled inlo a
MayawaliMulayam ballle. The eole had
been heling in hilhari lhoughl had belrayed
lhem. They sloed laking me seriously called
me |ikau. Thal hurl. am slill slruggling wilh
lhis. Koli's hanging is nol enough bul il is a
sle in lhe righl direclion.
(A |ulJ |u |+|| |u|+||])
hilhari monsler Surinder Koli will be hanged lhis week in Meerul or lhe brulal rae, killing and axing o women and children
in 2OOG. Bul or locals and aulhorilies, lhe brain behind lhis gory crime, Moninder Singh Fandher, has escaed lhe ullimale
unishmenl. viclims' arenls have been comensaled economically bul whal do lhey do wilh lheir nighlmares and
murmuring shadows o lhe ones lhey have losl, lhey ask 0EEBAShREE M0hAhTY as she revisils lhe localion
I
ts 6.30 am and 35-year-old Shalu Awasthi
walks hurriedly towards a kothi in Sector 31,
Noida. Come rain or sunshine, she has not
missed a single day at work for the past two-years.
Despite her unkempt hair and dirty clothes, people
who work in and around Sector 31 dont wince at
her appearance. She squats in front of the colony
road leading to D5, a bungalow which has been
lying locked since 2007, and starts her daily ritual.
She places her daughter Pinkis photo frame
and keeps it on the pavement. Takes out a candle
and a bunch of Cycle brand agarbattis and chants
Pinki ke bereham hathyaon ko sazaa do. (Those
behind the brutal killing of my daughter be pun-
ished severely).
People say she has gone crazy. But when she
demands that there should be no place for the
murderers in heaven or hell, you tend to agree
with her. They took away my daughter and killed
me in the process too, she says.
She has no job, no income, no family and is
being treated for her mental illness at the
Yathartha hospital in Noida. Tell her that Surinder
Koli is going to be hanged on September 12 and
Shalu bursts into a smile, froth oozing from her
mouth. Woh to murga hai. Bade saheb ka kya
hoga?, she asks hysterically, referring to Moninder
Singh Pandher.
Many believe that Pandher, who owns the D5
house where girls were repeatedly raped, killed,
sliced up, their bones dipped in a chemical solvent
before being dumped in the drain, was the man
behind the blood-curdling Nithari killings. Like
Shalu, the localites say that the hanging of Koli is
only justice half done.
Shalus world collapsed when Koli confessed in
2009 to having raped Pinki (she was 13 then) and
strangulating her with a rope before cutting her
body into tiny pieces.
Pinki had been missing from Nithari for
three weeks and Shalu Tai would visit the local
police station twice daily to know about her
whereabouts. The cops were convinced that Pinki
had run away for a better life. Tai was inconsolable
initially but when she got no news of her teenage
daughter, she too reconciled to the police pre-
sumption that her only child had fled. When the
Nithari killings began to surface, someone
informed Tai that Koli was identifying his victims.
She sent her brother with a picture of Pinki and
her worst fears came true. Koli identified Pinki
and also gave the cops that gory details of her
murder. Life has been a nightmare for Tai ever
since. Her husband, a rickshaw puller, ran away
with the C5 lakh compensation and sold the plot of
land for C2.7 lakh. He eloped with another woman
and is leading a life with her. When Tai returned to
her village in Jamshedpur, no one accepted her.
Even her parents shooed her away. The kothis in
Sector 29 where she was working removed her
from her job, Shikha Verma, who works as a cook
in Sector 28 opposite DPS Noida School, tells you.
On the day Kolis verdict date was announced,
there were muted celebrations in Nithari. Most
families who lost their children to this serial killing
have left or have been coerced to leave. Those left
behind tread cautiously. No one utters Pandher or
Kolis names, considering it to be a bad omen.
D5 is a monster house for all of us. No one
crosses that house after 7 pm. We can hear painful
cries coming from within the house sometimes. It
is almost as if a girl is being tortured and mur-
dered and we cant do anything about it, Papulal
who lives in the D2 servant quarter, says. He works
as a guard in a nearby sector and is the only one
who has yet not sold the plot of land he got as
compensation from the Government. His three-
and-a-half-year-old daughter was brutalised and
dumped in the drain and it was Papulal who dug
out the remains from there in 2007.
Her yellow polka dot frock stuck to her
decomposed body. The limbs had been cut off and
the head shaved. What kind of a human being
does this, he asks. Although time has somewhat
healed his wounds, he still gets very emotional
while talking about the Nithari killing. I would
rather have my daughter alive and playing in my
arms than have the money and land. Her mother
is still in shock. And, no, we are not celebrating the
hanging of Koli. Well sleep well only the day
Pandher is hanged too, he says. There has not
been a single night that this family has not seen an
apparition of their little girl calling out for them.
The same goes for driver Ashok Kumar who
lost his nine-year-old daughter. It has been seven
years but Kolis hanging is no closure. I dont
think there can ever be any closure for parents
who saw what was unearthed that day. All I got
was my daughters chappals and panties strewn at
the back entrance of D5. The rest of the body was
in parts. My first visit into the house still gives me
nightmares. It was like a hospital where live opera-
tions are conducted, he recalls.
Kumar has opened a shoes and clothes outlet
in Nithari market but life hasnt moved for him.
The shop has a picture of his daughter hanging on
one side and a family photo in an expensive frame
on the other. She was a bright student and want-
ed to pursue her education in a private school. I
had promised her a better life but see what hap-
pened, he says, hiding tears.
It was Kumar and dhobi Jhabhulal who had
rushed to RWA President SC Mishra with evi-
dence that something murky had been happening
inside D5. Girls went into the house, never to
return. It was around 9 pm when Jhabhulal came
to me wanting to talk about something zaroori.
His daughter Jyoti was the second victim but back
then Jhabu had no idea about this. He was panti-
ng when he told me that he had spotted Koli
stalking girls and inviting them home. The prob-
lem was that the girls never came back. I was curi-
ous but had no clue we would stumble upon
something as gory as what we did, Mishra who
retired as president of the association in 2009,
says.
The environment in the Sector 31 RWA
office is sombre. While the authorities heave a
sigh of relief about the hanging date of Koli, they
are unhappy that the mastermind did not meet
the same fate. Koli was just another criminal
carrying out his masters orders. It is Pandher we
want. The house had modern CCTV fittings, the
latest surgical tools and medical technology. The
terrace had a huge tumbler of a chemical solvent.
All this suggests Pandher was behind the crime.
With Koli gone, can we hope for the rope for
Pandher as well, Anjula Chhabaria, general sec-
retary, says. She tells you that D5 looks and
exudes negative vibes. I used to be a regular at
that house when Shalu Jindal was there. She had
kept the home very well. But later she sold it to
Pandher and all hell broke loose.
Pandhers wife did not stay here so none of
us went visiting to his house. But after the crime
came out in the open, I dared to take a peek. I
couldnt go beyond the drawing area which eked
of dirty things. The house smelled of blood,
Chhabaria recalls. The society will have a silent
prayer meeting the day Koli is hanged and they
will pray that Pandher, too, meets the same fate.
Elsewhere in Nithari, the jhuggi and clusters
were celebrating the impending hanging in their
own way. The maids conducted a ceremony in
one of the pucca houses in the cluster. Women
had gathered to pray for the shanti of all those
who were brutally killed.
Their aatma will be released in the true
sense only when Pandher is brought to justice.
Phaansi ki saza bahut kam hai uske liye. Why
cant they burn him alive? We want him to suffer
before dying, the women say. The pooja was also
conducted to appease the spirits of those young
girls who according to the residents still lurk in
the dark.
The one man who is extremely pleased about
this news related to Koli is Jhabhulal who broke
this sensational crime to the world. He took
away my life. He is a shaitan. Koli was always a
bad influence. He had wanted me to work with
him on a project which would fetch lots of
money. Thankfully, I didnt.
Otherwise he would have made me slice up
my own daughter. I can never forgive him. Usne
hum sab ki roshni churayi hai. Usko to narak bhi
nahin naseeb hoga. He would peer at innocent
girls from within Pandhers house, Jhabhulal
who continues to visit Sector 31 houses to collect
clothes for ironing, says.
Jhabhulal has sold the compensation plot but
saved the compensation money. He prefers to
keep himself busy to take his mind off everything
that he had found in that drain all those years ago.
After the Nithari happenings, Jhabhulal has
become the eyes and ears of the colony. Ab mein
sabki khabar rakhta hoon, he says. Aaj mein
khush hoon. Koli gaya, Pandher bhi jayega, he
says.
Meanwhile, there are a host of servants who
still see shadows of the past near D5. Most peo-
ple have had sightings of Aarti, a Nithari victim.
Others, like Ashok Kumar, swear that on a silent
night he can still hear screams and muted sobs
coming from within that haunted house. Its as
if the spirits havent left that place. They are wait-
ing to be heard, Kumar says.
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Birmingham: Former ndian calain Sourav
0anguly has said lhal lhe Men in Blue are eaking al
lhe righl lime and are currenlly laced very well or
lhe 2O15 world Cu, where lhey will be looking lo
deend lheir 2O11 lille. "Every win is imorlanl and
winning is good or a young leam," said 0anguly,
when asked i lhis series win has been beneicial
rom lhe world Cu's rearalion oinl o view.
"You can only reare a leam by winning malches.
And il is a good win i you consider lhal lhey did nol
win any 00s in eilher Soulh Arica or hew Zealand.
ndia are laced quile well or lhe world Cu. They
have layed some good crickel here in England in
lhe 00s. And as long as lhey kee laying good
crickel and kee winning, lhey will ind lhe righl
combinalion or lhe world Cu," he added. 0anguly
ell ndian bowlers had been showing good signs. "
lhoughl lhere were good signs aboul ndia's
bowling. Mohammad Shami bowled really well in
lhis series. Bowling in lhe dealhovers is somelhing
lhey will have lo gel beller al and il is lough
because almosl every bowler gels hil in lhe dealh
overs nowadays. Bul lel us nol be loo judgmenlal.
ndia were oulslanding wilh lhe ball in lhis series,"
said 0anguly, who led ndia lo lhe inal o lhe 2OO8
world Cu in Soulh Arica.
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London: English crickelers can "orgel" aboul lhe
shorler ormal unless lhey embrace lhe ndian
Fremier League, according lo lhe maverick Kevin
Fielersen, who says his eorls lo gel his
counlrymen lo lay in lhe FL have allen on "dea
ears". "Looking inlo lhe ulure, unlil we lel our
young layers aear in lhe FL we can orgel aboul
lhe shorler orm o lhe game. have lried or years
lo gel England layers laying in lhe FL bul il has
allen on dea ears," Fielersen wrole in his column
in lhe '0aily Telegrah'. "English crickel's view is
lhal i you lay in lhe FL you are a mercenary. Bul
in lhe FL guys learn lo hil sixes. They learn lhal any
largel is gellable. The bowlers learn varialions and
dierenl lricks. They learn new laclics rom
oosilion layers and guys in lheir own leams.
They build riendshis wilh layers rom around lhe
world and undersland crickel rom a lolally dierenl
erseclive. England is lhe only counlry where lhe
layers have no idea whal is going on in lhe resl o
lhe world."
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New Delhi: Sandee Jajodia, CM0 o ndian
boxing's longlime sonsors lhe Monnel 0rou
, is all sel lo be elecled unoosed as lhe Fresidenl
o lhe muchanlicialed new Federalion aler he was
lhe sole candidale lel in ray on lhe inal day o
iling nominalions or lhe Selember 11 olls. The
new ederalion is sel lo lake shae aler nearly lwo
years i lhe eleclions on Selember 11 go ahead as
lanned. Fon Bhaskaran was lhe lone candidale
againsl Jajodia in lhe inilial lisl o nominalions bul
he wilhdrew his candidalure on lhe closing dale
loday. "he robably realised lhal he did nol have
enough suorl base lo lake on Jajodia and decided
lo wilhdraw," said a source. n lhe inal lisl, lhere
are lhree candidales in ray or lhe Secrelary
0eneral's osl. 0elhi's Rohil Jain, Jay Kowli o
Maharashlra and haryana's Rakesh Thakran. The
lhreeway conlesl is execled lo go down lhe wire
as lhe candidales have been lrading charges o
maniulalion. The Treasurer's osilion will also
wilness a lhreeway conlesl. Maniur's Khoibi
Salam, Assam's hemanla Kumar Kalila and Triura's
0r Ruak 0ebroy are in lhe ray or lhis osilion.
The eleclion was inilially scheduled lo be held on
July O bul was osloned by Boxing ndia, lhe
nlernalional Boxing Associalionrecogised body
enlrusled wilh lhe lask o conducling lhe olls. B
ilsel is coing quile a bil o resenlmenl rom lhe
slale associalions, some o which have slaled lhal
lhe ABArecognised body is lrying lo maniulale
lhe olls lo gel ils avoured candidales elecled. The
nalional ederalion was lerminaled in 0ecember
2O12 by ABA on charges o "ossible
maniulalion" in eleclions. The ederalion was
oicially lerminaled in March lhis year.
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Kingston: Kraigg Bralhwaile's second Tesl hundred
was lhe oundalionslone o a ormidable wesl
ndies balling eorl as lhe home side closed a rain
aecled irsl day o lhe irsl Tesl againsl Bangladesh
here al 2G4 or lhree. 0n a day when lhe lourisls
relied heavily on debulanl sinners Taijul slam and
Shuvagala hom on a lacid ilch al lhe Arnos vale
Sladium in Sl vincenl, Bralhwaile's unbealen 128 o
2GO deliveries (eighl ours) relecled lhe 21year
old's unlaabilily in almosl any circumslances. The
rookie oener ul on 11G or lhe irsl wickel wilh
Chris 0ayle (G4) lo make Mushiqur Rahim regrel his
decision lo ul lhe wesl ndies in lo bal on winning
lhe loss al lhe slarl o lhe day.
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Kolkata: Bangaldeshi nalional leam calain
Mohammed Mamunul slam was on Salurday
signed by lhe cily SL ranchise Allelico de Kolkala
in 0haka. The cenlral midielder also leads
Bangladesh Fremier League chamions Sheikh
Jamal 0hanmondi Club and had led lhe leam lo FA
Shields inal here lasl season. Terming lhis an
imorlanl mileslone, lhe 25yearold said.
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NewDelhi: Ace ndian discus lhrower vikas 0owda
gol a morale boosler ahead o lhe ucoming Asian
0ames as he inished overall ourlh in lhe
resligious AAF 0iamond League Series lo ockel $
8,OOO ri/e money. The uniled Slalesbased ndian,
who won a gold in lhe recenl Commonweallh 0ames
in 0lasgow, collecled lwo oinls by virlue o
inishing second in lhe season oening leg in 0oha
on May O wilh a lhrow o G8.28m. his second besl
inish was a ilh in Birmingham leg on Augusl 24
wilh a lhrow o G2.78m.
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Kolkata: Lone ndian hoe Rajal Chauhan losl lo
Fierre Julien 0eloche o France by one oinl (145
14G) lo make a quarlerinal exil in lhe Archery
world Cu Final in Lausanne on Sunday. According
lo inormalion received here, Chauhan, who was lhe
irsl ndian comound archer lo have qualiied or
lhe showiece evenl, led 11711G aler our ends.
Bul lhe Rajaslhan lad conceded lhe lead in lhe inal
sel o arrows aler iring a oor 28 againsl lhe
Frenchman's 8O or lhe hearlbreaking loss in lhe
oening round. Based on lheir cumulalive scores
over our slages o lhe world Cu, lhe lo eighl in
each calegory had made il lo lhe Finals. Threelime
silver medalisl in lhe revious world Cu Finals,
0eeika Kumari ailed lo make lhe cul aler a
miserable slarl lo lhe season as comound archer
Chauhan was lhe only ndian conlender.
Fh8lkgenries
FTI Q BRMh0hAM
T
he odd loss in the final
ODI notwithstanding,
India are expected to hold
an edge as the visitors seek to
bring the curtains down on what
has been a mixed tour with a vic-
tor y i n t he onl y T20
International against England
here on Saturday.
Having suffered a 1-3 defeat
in the Test series, the Indians
found their bearings in the One-
dayers, clinching the five-match
series 3-1 despite losing Fridays
inconsequential final game by 41
runs at Leeds.
After struggling to get going
in the five-day format, the inclu-
sion of fresh legs such as Suresh
Raina for the one-day interna-
tionals gave the team the much-
needed impetus. Young bats-
men such as Ajinkya Rahane,
Shikhar Dhawan too fared bet-
ter in the blue jersey though
Virat Kohlis woeful run of form
remains a major cause for con-
cern for the Indian think-tank.
Considered the mainstay of
Indian line-up till recently,
Kohlis run of poor scores con-
tinued in the shorter format
and the batsman would be keen
to at least end the tour on a
decent note. Though they
flopped in the inconsequential
final ODI, both Rahane and
Dhawan have had good outings
in the penultimate game, with
the former notching up a smash-
ing century. Raina has been
good on and off while Ambati
Rayudu (53) and Jadeja (87)
showed their ability with the wil-
low on the Headingley wicket.
As far as bowling is con-
cerned, the Indians enjoyed
greater success in the ODIs,
with Mohammad Shami man-
aging to impress even captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his
effort in the death overs yester-
day. Bhuvneshwar Kumar rel-
ishes bowling on seaming con-
ditions and would be keen to
extract something out of the
Edgbaston track. Dhoni has
another option in Umesh Yadav
though it remains to seen
whether the pacer is picked after
a lacklustre outing in Leeds.
Left-arm spinner Jadeja can
be a handy bowler in the short-
er format and he would definitely
be a valuable option for the
skipper. And then there is the
speci al i st spi nner, of f i e
Ravichandran Ashwin, who
surely knows a thing or two
about bowling in the slam-bang
format.
From Englands point of
view, Joe Root, who had just
scored his ODI ton, will look to
continue in similar fashion hav-
ing got a fair idea of how to han-
dle the Indian attack.
The hosts have named
uncapped Surrey batsman Jason
Roy in their 14-man squad and
it will be interesting to see if he
is played or not. Roy is joined by
the recalled Tim Bresnan, Ravi
Bopara and James Taylor.
Bresnan has not played in an
international side since the
defeat to the Netherlands that
ended Engl ands miserabl e
World Twenty20 campaign in
Bangladesh in March, while
Taylor last featured for England
12 months ago in an ODI against
Ireland.
With Stuart Broad, Englands
regular T20 captain, unavail-
able due to a knee injury, the
team will be led by Eoin Morgan.
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O
vercome by heat and humidity in the second
set of her U.S. Open semifinal, Chinas Shuai
Peng paused between points to clutch at her left
thigh and put her weight on her racket as if it were
a cane.
Still, she tried to continue Friday against
Caroline Wozniacki.
One point later, Peng dropped her racket and
grabbed at her right knee, then staggered toward
the wall behind the baseline and leaned against it,
wiping away tears, until a trainer ran to her side.
Others arrived, too: a doctor, the chair umpire,
a tournament official, a security guard, a ballkid
with an umbrella to offer shelter from the sun.
Fighting pain in both legs and her back, a limp-
ing Peng was helped over to a hallway adjacent to
the court, where it was determined she had heat
illness and needed treatment. In all, it was a 10-
minute delay, which Wozniacki used to practice
serving.
Yet again, Peng tried to play on. She stuck it
out for six more points, before collapsing to the
ground, resting on her hands and knees as
Wozniacki walked around the net to check on her.
Peng stopped while trailing 7-6 (1), 4-3, allowing
Denmarks Wozniacki to reach her second Grand
Slam final.
At a news conference more than four hours
later, Peng said she was feeling better. She was not
sure whether, in the end, she was the one who said
she had to retire or was told to (although tourna-
ment director David Brewer said it was Pengs deci-
sion).
Peng, who is 28, did recall how she reacted
when the doctor suggested it might be a good idea
to quit. I said, No, no, no. I dont want to give up.
I want to try one more time, said Peng, who was
playing in her first semifinal in 37 career major
tournaments.
I knew Im not going to stay maybe too long,
but I just want to try, you know. I just wanted to
challenge her one more time.
Eventually, Peng was taken away in a wheel-
chair, closing the scary and surreal scene. It was
really hard to watch, said the 10th-seeded
Wozniacki, who lost the 2009 U.S. Open title match.
To see her struggling out there - I just want-
ed to make sure she was OK.
In Sundays final, Wozniacki will face good pal
Serena Williams, who overwhelmed 17th-seeded
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-1, 6-3 to extend
her U.S. Open winning streak to 20 matches. If she
can make that 21 in a row, the No. 1-ranked
Williams will become the first woman since
Chris Evert in the 1970s to win three consecutive
titles at the tournament.
I can say: Yes, shes much better than every-
one, Makarova said, when asked to compare
Williams to todays other top players.
Seeking a sixth U.S. Open championship and
18th major singles title overall, which would tie her
with Evert and Martina Navratilova, Williams has
won all 12 sets shes played these two weeks. While
warming up for her semifinal in which she won
nine straight games and 22 of 24 points in one
stretch Williams saw on TV what was happen-
ing to Peng.
I was really, really, really saddened by it. Shes
such a great person. We train sometimes at the
same academy, Williams said. You never want to
see anyone go out like that.
Peng, who spoke during the tournament
about nearly being forced to quit tennis after hav-
ing heart surgery at age 12, began showing signs
of distress early in the second set, rubbing her legs
between points.
When things got really bad, she said, she felt
cramping that made it hard to breathe.
Players are not allowed to get medical treat-
ment from a trainer or doctor in the middle of a
game if all that is wrong is cramping. If thats what
makes them take a break during the course of play,
they can be docked a point or even a full game
for taking too much time.
But a broader diagnosis of heat illness does
make a player eligible for treatment.
It was determined that it would not be phys-
ically harmful for her to go back out and try to play
tennis again, Brewer said.
Wozniacki did not complain - while all of this
was happening or later at her news conference -
about the lack of a penalty for time violation.
She was, however, thrown off a bit by the whole
scene. First of all, you want her to be OK,
Wozniacki said.
Then you also are thinking she might still be
able to compete, so you have to kind of ... try and
think about yourself as well and just say, OK, she
might just go out there and start to hit winners.
So you have to be ready for everything.
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ndian captain Mahendra
Singh Dhoni has sent out a
message to his pacers to work
on their death bowling skills
if the ODI world champions
were to defend their title Down
Under next year.
Death-over bowl-
i ng i s somet hi ng
which I would like to
improve because con-
ditions in Australia-
New Zealand will be
very different. We are
not playing too many
games i n New
Zeal and but t he
grounds are not very
big there. So we can-
not use spinners too
much after the 40th
over and to some
extent it will put extra
pressure on fast
bowlers to take more
responsibility, Dhoni
said.
The Men in Blue
have five ODIs at
home versus the West
Indies and then at least four
matches in the tri-series
i nvol vi ng Austral i a and
England in January. If there are
any major concerns, they have
to be addressed soon.
It is really important for
them to use the coming games
well. But at the same time in
the next five matches versus
the West Indies, we will get fair
amount of dew so they might
find it tough to execute their
yorkers or may not find their
reverse swing.
It wont be exactly like
what we may face
later in Australia-
New Zeal and,
the skipper said.
Asked about
the inconsequen-
tial match, which
England won rid-
ing on Joe Roots
second ODI hun-
dred, Dhoni
blamed his bats-
men for poor
strokes. Overall
the bowling was
quite good today.
It was a good
wicket to bat on
and 300 was the
par score, said
Dhoni after the
game.
But we gave
away quite a few soft wickets in
the middle overs. We lost too
many wickets and were not in
position to chase the runs
afterwards. So those loose dis-
missals really cost us the
game.
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F
af du Plessis led South Africa to a six-wicket win
over Australia in the final of the one-day inter-
national tri-series at Harare Sports Club on
Saturday.
Du Plessis hit 96 from 99 balls and just missed
out on his fourth century in five innings in the tour-
nament as South Africa chased down Australias
mediocre total of 217-9 with nearly 10 overs to spare
to take the triangular title.
Du Plessis was caught at mid-on off what turned
out to be the penultimate delivery of the game. He
was going for a boundary that would have taken him
to another century and sealed South Africas victory.
Instead, AB de Villiers hit a four next ball to win
the series and finish 57 not out from just 41 balls,
having hit six fours to take the Proteas home.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn set up the win with his
4-34 as Australia wilted to 144-8 and needed a ninth-
wicket stand of 71 between tailenders James
Faulkner (39) and Mitchell Starc (29 not out) to
approach a respectable score.
Steyn did the damage, removing Phil Hughes
early, fellow opener Aaron Finch for 54 and the mid-
dle order of Glenn Maxwell and Brad Haddin cheap-
ly.
He was backed up by seamers Wayne Parnell
and Morne Morkel, who took two wickets each.
Hashim Amla hit a half-century in South
Africas reply, but Du Plessis was outstanding and
the anchor again, collecting eight fours and a six for
his 96, another match-winning innings following
his three centuries in South Africas four league
games earlier in the series.
Du Plessis came into the tournament without
an ODI hundred but made up with a rich run of
form to help topple Australia from No. 1 in the ODI
rankings. None of the Australian bowlers claimed
more than one wicket as South Africa took advan-
tage of winning the toss and choosing to bat sec-
ond on a Harare pitch thats renowned for flatten-
ing out later in the day.
Brief Scores
South Africa 221-4 in 40.5 overs (Faf du Plessis 96,
AB de Villiers 57 not out, Hashim Amla 51; Steve
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QWhat inspired you to write this book?
There was this big shift in my life. I was
going into academic side and an attempt to
adjust my chess style accordingly to be able
to manage both chess and studies led to this
drastic shift opening kind of shift. I want-
ed to make use of what I have been doing
all my life. This was one way through which
I could make the biggest difference and
reach the widest audience.
QWhy did you choose this particular sub-
ject chess openings for your first
book?
Because thats my expertise. My area
of expertise in the last few years has been
openings. I have been working hard on that
area. Of course there are people who are
better than me but I have worked at a pret-
ty high level and this is where I could deliv-
er the most.
QAt the age of 21 most people are not even
sure of what they want to do and you have
come up with a book of your own. Its a
big achievement. How does it feel?
I think there are always people who have
achieved more than you. There are people
in this chess world who have done better
than me. Its easy to say in perspective when
you look at other people like (Fabiano Luigi)
Caruana. We have grown up together in the
chess world and he is the second best play-
er in the world. So, there are people better
than me. I wouldnt be too confident about
whatever I have achieved.
QNow that you are going to pursue stud-
ies, what will happen to your chess career?
Will you still be participating in compe-
titions?
I think I will still be playing pretty often.
You will keep seeing me in tournaments but
I am not sure how well I will play.
I will try to do my best. I think I
have adjusted well to the things
and hopefully it will work out well.
I will be very selective in my
tournaments. I will have to be very
careful and Ill have to maintain
my energy levels. Ill have a lot of
focus on my physical fitness. I am
going to play the kind of chess that
is less based on home preparation
and more based on going there
and trying to fight it out.
QWhen did you decide to focus on stud-
ies and put chess on the backburner?
After 12th I decided to completely can-
cel out studies for two years. I didnt decide
what I would do after two years. I would-
nt say studies at the front yet. It might be
in the future. I havent even decided what
I am going to study. Its more about
exploring. After four years I probably would
decide whether to put chess in the front or
studies because then I would have a direc-
tion what I am studying, whether I want
to take it really seriously and do my fur-
ther studies. So, a lot of it depends on the
next few years. Right now I am not sure
what I will be doing but I will definitely be
exploring that area as well. So, the time will
be divided between the two.
Q So, there is no particular sub-
ject that you are going to study?
The under-graduate course
doesnt require me to declare a
subject right away. I can exper-
iment with various subjects
until I choose the final thing
after two years.
Q Do you have any subject in
mind?
There are a lot of subjects in
mind, basically. Thats what I like about the
American college system that its very inter-
disciplinary. There is nothing like that I have
to be in psychology department or econom-
ics department. I can take classes in every
department.
Q What interests you the most?
To be honest, I am not sure about it.
Thats why I wanted the inter-disciplinary
thing. After I got admission into Stanford,
I have had no time to actually think about
what I will be studying. I have interest in psy-
chology, economics, computer science by
these are very varied fields. I dont know yet
what I will be good at. The key thing actu-
ally is what interests me and what I am good
at. I will try to combine that.
Q Four-year break is huge. Have you
thought about the risk that you are
putting your chess career in?
I think without the break without the
studies at least the way I was playing
chess the whole year, it wasnt working out
that well for me. It didnt really satisfy me.
I had some good results but I also wanted
to have a sustainable way. This way I will
be able to play whenever I want to play
at least in the first year that will be pretty
often. I will have to check how tough the
studies go later on because the first year
courses arent that tough. But I will be able
play these periods with lot more intensity
because there is sort of satisfaction that you
get by doing different things.
QSo, the decision to pursue studies was
influenced by unfavourable results in
chess and your attempt to secure your
future?
Yes, something like that. After 12th I
decided to give two years to chess. For me
to break into the world elite, I have to get,
lets say, about 2700 points, thats about top-
50 in the world. Its hard to say how close
or how far I was. It could be one more good
tournament and I could breakthrough but
instead I was just there. I think I still can
break into the top-50 but I dont want to be
purely dependent on that. Even at the very
elite level in chess there is no back-up. And,
its good to have a back-up. When you dont
have other option but to depend on just one
thing, there is more pressure and much
greater risk of burn out. When I am 25, I
am not too old to continue playing chess.
25 and World No. 70, there are people who
would still play very ambitiously at that stage
but I would definitely be too old to contin-
ue studying its already been a three-year
break since school. It was already too hard
to get admission and in another two years
it would have become impossible.
Q Would you be participating in the
national championships?
I could play but I probably wouldnt play
because the prize money at the national
championships would be much lesser than
what it would cost me to come back to India
to play the event. So, it makes no sense to
me to play that unless there is a drastic revi-
sion of the rules. I might still be in the Indian
team. The rules are pretty complicated but
I hope they will revise the rules to actually
not benefit the players who are playing the
nationals because I would very much like
to play the international events for India.
They are some of the toughest events and
are really useful for the chess career. I would
have time to play the tournaments but I
would have to balance. Finances wont be as
easy as I have left the security of what we
have in India the job set up, sponsors
so I cant just travel from US to Asia, to
Europe to just play one event.
Q Viswanathan Anand is going to play
Magnus Carlsen for the World
Championship title. You think Anand has
a chance to win it back?
Carlsen has been struggling recently so
its way closer match than last time when
Carlsen had been just crushing everything
on his way. Anand had been in a dodgy form
but this year his performance has gone up.
I will say Carlsen is the favourite in this
match and Anand is the underdog. However,
its going to be a very close match compared
to the last time.
Though there have been good results for
Anand recently, Carlsen is still going to be
the favourite. When Carlsen is there, he is
always the favourite irrespective of the oppo-
nent. Despite his shaky form this year, you
still expect him to win. He is really good. But
as I said he is in a shaky form and he has
shown lot more vulnerability, he no longer
has that unbeatable aura around him.
Q What do you make out of his reserva-
tions about playing in Sochi, the venue for
the World Championship match?
I dont know whats happening there. I
hope the match would take place. Its a com-
plicated issue. I am sure he has some valid
argument about how the tournament was
awarded and other things that I actually
know about. But hopefully the matter will
be resolved because any World
Championship match with Carlsen would
not be a World Championship match.
Q From your experience, does the place
really matter?
May be it matters for him. I mean I
havent really played a million-dollar match!
Stakes are very different. He has got his rep-
utation and the prize money is much lower
which is something you cant be very
happy about. The stakes are very different,
especially for him since he is the face of chess
right now. He wants to promote it more in
the west. The issues are very different so its
hard to comment on that.
EDUCATON OVER CHESS
kF Q M0hZA, TALY
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ewis Hamilton broke Mercedes teammate
Nico Rosbergs recent stranglehold on
pole position by qualifying ahead of the
championship leader at the
Italian Grand Prix on
Saturday - although the rival-
ry between the pair remains
as heated as ever. Rosberg
had taken four straight poles
and six of the last seven.
Hamilton clocked 1
minute, 24.109 seconds at the
Monza circuit, Rosberg was
second in 1:24.383 and
Valtteri Bottas of Williams
qualified third in 1:24.697.
Its Hamiltons fifth pole
of the season and 36th of his
career. He hasnt started first
since the Spanish GP back in
May. Tomorrow will be real-
ly good to get another 1-2 for
the team, Hamilton said.
And I hope we have some
competition as that will be
great for the fans.
Rosberg enters Sundays race with a 29-
point lead over Hamilton in the drivers
standings - the biggest it has been all season.
A big part of that gap was built in the
controversial Belgian GP two weeks ago,
when Rosberg finished second after crash-
ing into Hamilton early and sending his
teammate out of the incident-packed race.
Rosberg didnt seem interested in con-
gratulating Hamilton on his pole position.
Likewise, Hamilton appeared to do his best
to ignore Rosberg after both drivers got out
of their cars.
After taking off his helmet, Hamilton
flashed a victory sign to
photographers while
Rosberg appeared to
frown behind him.
Rosberg was disci-
plined by Mercedes for
the incident at Spa and
while no team orders
were installed, the pair
was told explicitly not to
make contact again.
When Hamilton was
asked what effect the
teams warning would
have on him Sunday, he
replied: It wont be ring-
ing in my ears. We are free
to race. That was the deci-
sion last week so it contin-
ues as usual.
Rosberg reportedly
received a hefty fine for
the Spa incident but he,
too, didnt appear ready to change tactics. It
has not changed since before we started the
season, Rosberg said. The message has been
clear. There is no real change at the moment.
It is the same as always.
Racing conditions were ideal, with
sunny skies and a temperature of 25 degrees
Celsius (77 Fahrenheit). More good weath-
er was forecast for Sunday.
Q
ualifying for the largest-ever European
Championship should be a cruise for
the continents heavyweights.
For once, though, the weaker nations
arent just there to make up the numbers.
The Euros have been expanded from
16 to 24 teams for the 2016 tournament
in France, with the top two countries from
nine groups qualifying automatically
along with the best third-place finisher.
The other eight teams placing third will
compete in the playoffs.
It means the so-called lesser nations
have been given a rare chance to qualify
for a major tournament, and should
ensure group play maintains interest and
excitement through to the final games.
Except, maybe, for the big teams, some
of whom head into the first round of qual-
ifiers looking to shrug off a World Cup
hangover. Less than two months after win-
ning the world title, Germany returns to
competitive action after being brought
back down to earth with a 4-2 friendly loss
to Argentina in a rematch of the final.
The Netherlands and Spain also lost
friendlies in midweek.
Here are some things to know about
the start of qualifying for Euro 2016:
EMkhY'8 WkkEF 6kII: A wake-
up call was how former Germany
defender Per Mertesacker described his
countrys defeat Argentina on
Wednesday. The Germans will be
determined to atone with a convincing
win over Scotland in Group D on
Sunday on their first step to what they
hope are back-to-back major titles. Loew
has to contend with several absentees,
including injured midfielders Sami
Khedira, Mesut Ozil, Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Julian Draxler, and
defender Mats Hummels. Thomas
Mueller was rested against Argentina
and is likely to start in Dortmund.
8FkIh: Spains dominance of world
football came to an end at the World
Cup and the rebuilding job under
coach Vicente Del Bosque could take
some time. Already down to No. 7 in the
FIFA rankings, Spain played France on
Thursday in its first match since the
tournament in Brazil and lost 1-0
without even having a shot on target.
The golden era is over, with the likes
of David Villa, Xavi Hernandez and Xabi
Alonso retiring from internationals, and
the Spanish could be paying for its over-
reliance on core players during their run
of three straight major titles. Spains first
Euro 2016 qualifier is against Macedonia
on Monday, with Ukraine,
Slovakia, Belarus and
Luxembourg also in Group C.
hIIhk hEkk6hE: Guus
Hiddinks return to the helm of the
Netherlands has given him plenty to
ponder ahead of his teams first qualifier
in Group A, against the Czech Republic
in Prague. Hiddink reverted to the
traditional, attacking 4-3-3 formation
on Thursday in a friendly against Italy.
His predecessor, Louis van Gaal, had
largely abandoned it in favor of a five-
man defense at the World Cup, where
an inexperienced Dutch team finished
an impressive third thanks in large part
to its tight defending. But within 10
minutes in Bari, Hiddinks team
conceded two goals and had defender
Bruno Martins Indi sent off. The Dutch
managed to hold the scoreline to a 2-0
loss, but Hiddink will want to shore up
the defense against the Czechs. Great
teams dont lose twice in a row,
Hiddink said.
hkMME Mkh: Antonio Conte has
made a big impact since taking over
from Cesare Prandelli as Italy coach.
Italy appeared much-improved in its
win over the Dutch and
players gave a lot of the
credit to Conte, a hard-line
disciplinarian who guided
Juventus to the last three
Italian league titles. Hes a hammer,
said forward Ciro Immobile, who
opened the scoring against the Dutch
with his first international goal. He
expects a lot from every player and
thats the way it should be. Contes
approach is a drastic turnaround from
the leniency afforded by Prandelli, who
resigned after the Azzurris first-round
elimination from the World Cup. Italy
opens Group H qualifying on Tuesday
at Norway, which was resolute in a 1-0
loss to England on Wednesday. Striker
Mario Balotelli is suspended.
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been playing like a second-tier
international team for a while. Now it
has the mindset of one. Speaking ahead
of his teams opening Group E qualifier
at Switzerland on Monday, England
coach Roy Hodgson said his side might
play on the defensive like opponent
Norway did at Wembley Stadium in a
drab 1-0 friendly win for the English on
Wednesday. England has lost star quality
with the international retirements of
Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard and Frank
Lampard and Hodgson is missing some
key players through injury, leaving him
with an inexperienced squad. Hodgson
lost his cool after criticism of Englands
display against Norway, in which the
team had only two shots on target. The
pressure is on Hodgson after England
won just one point in three matches at
the World Cup.
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matches against the teams in Group I
although the results wont count in the
standings. The French play Serbia on
Monday. Tiny Gibraltar, newest member
of UEFA, will play its first competitive
international when it hosts Poland on
Sunday. As well as the expansion of the
tournament, UEFAs other change sees
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I
ts a fascinating country, it truly is. There
are people, lots of them. But each one is
busy in his own world. Its unbelievable that
in India there is a job for every man,
Donaldson who has been to Mumbai and
Kolkata, says. He tells you that Agra and
Jaipur are places on his bucket list and he
may soon realise that dream.
Donaldson has had a long, productive
career, featuring glossy Hollywood pro-
ductions as No Way Out (1987), Cocktail
(1988), Species (1995), Thirteen Days
(2000), and The Recruit (2003). He got
started in New Zealand, back when there
was no film industry there. But everything
changed when the director teamed up with
Sam Neill in Sleeping Dogs (1977), a
political drama set in the near-future. This
was the first feature film made in New
Zealand in about fifteen years, and also the
first one to premier in the US. Who would
have thought, I would be a prolific writer
and filmmaker one day, the 68-year-old
tells you. As we speak, I am reading a
script that has landed up on my desk. It is
a socially relevant concept retold in a mod-
ern set up. I like scripts that have an
intrigue element to it. What is life with-
out any surprises?, he queries.
Will it be yet another thriller, we ask
him. I love that genre. I like to do screen-
play in my mind. If a concept appeals to
me, I already have thought the movie in
my head. My stars help in bringing that
imagination alive. At the moment there are
many scripts that are vying for attention,
he tells you. He is also planning to shoot
in parts of India for his upcoming movie.
It is an untitled film and shooting in
India has been on top priority. I was very
impressed with the way Zero Dark Thirty
was shot in locations. Indian cities have
that old world charm that can be utilised
in various ways, he says.
As for his favourite Indian filmmak-
er, Satyajit Ray undoubtedly. He has trav-
elled the world over and his movies are like
an experience in itself. One will have to live
it to believe it, the Dante's Peak director
tells you.
He explains how getting the location
right for a perfect film is half the battle won
for the filmmaker. It was this philosophy
that made him opt for Belgrade to shoot
for November Man. Belgrade was a polit-
ical hotbed. There couldnt have
been a better place to shoot.
I believe if the actor can
feel the tension within
himself, he will deliver
better, he explains.
So, how was it
working with the big-
gies in Hollywood?
They are stars not
because they have an
attitude but due to
the lack of it. And
they are all poles
apart and they are
all very hardwork-
ing, he says.
Out of all his
movies, Donaldson
feels biased about
those that he has
written himself.
The Worlds
Fastest Indian
about Burt Munro
will go down as
my favourite
because it was
Munro who
inspired me to
make a film,
he says.
'ndian oinoma has a lot o potontial'
I
n a setting that seems just out of a George
Milies fantasy film, the piano called Phillip
plays on its own and Jojo is a dancing vase;
the bat-like dressed witches prey on the chil-
dren and the hotel manager resembles Jack
Sparrow. Welcome to the Poo Pot hotel
where We are funkdunctious, children are
scrumptious, sing Wizwits in the open-
ing sequence of Kingdom of Dreams brand
new show with the same name.
Expanding in the territory of live enter-
tainment industry, Great Indian Nautanki
Companys KOD showcased its new fanta-
sy show Wizwits at the ShowShaa theatre
on the occasion of its fourth anniversary.
Adapted from Roald Dahls story The
Witches, the show is tailored for children
above six years of age. Brought to life by the
efforts of the seasoned theatre personalities
Lushin Dubey and Bubbles Sabharwal,
Wizwits aims at taking a giant leap as far as
theatre is concerned. We have spent over
two decades in the theatre and still feel there
is lot more to do, Bubbles Sabharwal, who
has always wanted to create a space for chil-
dren in theatres, says.
The act takes you on a wacky tour by
staging the encounter between a group of
children with the ugly witches and wizards
who are holding their conclave. The plot
gradually unfolds as the Wizwits who
detest children hatch a plan to decimate
them by turning them into rats while hum-
ming the tunes of dig diggity da da da. Their
plan backfires. Entertaining, energetic and
yet with a moral message that good always
triumphs over the evil, Wizwits is a show
with the underlying theme of fearlessness.
The essence of our work is the spirit of
being bold and fearless. You see confident
children acting on the stage, thats what I
always wanted to see, Lushin Dubey tells
us.
Five- year old Nargis, who is the
youngest actor of the lot, tells us how the-
atre is fun: I love delivering dialogues and
dancing on the stage. We have been prac-
ticing for over a year. Though it is tough
to manage studies and Wizwits at the same
time, the actors tell us how they get a friend-
ly environment at school and work as well.
We have extra classes at school that helps
us to catch up with studies. Working here
is never hectic as we enjoy each and every
moment spent at KOD, 12-year-old Vansh,
tells you.
Despite the fact that Dubey has always
performed on stage with minimal technol-
ogy at hand, she believes it is always judi-
cious to move at pace with time and tech-
nology.
I understand the purist attitude towards
art forms. But when we have the infra-
structure why not use it! This is a conjunc-
tion where the western style of story-telling
mingles with our native values, she says.
Best known for her association with Arvind
Gaurs theatre club, she will soon be screen-
ing her fourth solo act in Patna.
A venue studded with screens on both
the sides and an extravagant set sur-
mounted with LED lights, ShowShaa the-
atre gives ample opportunity to the per-
formers to woo audiences. I got scared
when the witches tumbled down the stage.
One of them even came to me to take a sniff.
But I enjoyed the songs and choreography,
seven-year-old Taraksh from the audience
says.
Wizwits will play at ShowShaa theatre
on the weekdays at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm
and on weekends at 6:00pm only.
W
hat makes a movie in Bollywood a super hit?
Is it the popular starcast and their flawless
acting, beautiful location set in the backdrop
of foreign destinations or foot tapping item numbers?
For veterans, these things play a secondary role in
filmmaking. The heart and soul lies in the script which
is the foundation of the film.
It is a known fact that scriptwriting is very cre-
ative yet challenging. To come up with original sto-
ries that will appeal to the audience is very tough. Its
this story that generates work for the actors, direc-
tors and producers, scriptwriter-turned-actor Anjum
Rajabali opines.
For a man who has been writing stories for the
past 12 years, Gopi Puthran, the scriptwriter of
Mardaani also feels that the writer in the industry is
the actual hero. There is stiff competition everywhere
and a lot depends on the story. In earlier times, a flim-
sy theme could have done wonders if the stars were
chosen carefully. Not today. What works is a good
story, he says, adding that movies like Queen and
Lunchbox were super hits because they were written
well. Im not taking anything away from the actors
or the director of the films who were the main pil-
lars. But story writers have a role to play as well, he
says.
If a movie bombs at the Box Office, the blame
naturally falls on the story. But the day when a
scriptwriter hands over the script to the director, its
the death of the script for him. From thereon,
scriptwriters have no say in the filming of the script.
There is a common joke in Bollywood when
the final script is handed over to the director, two min-
utes of silence is maintained because the script is dead
for the writer, Rajabali, who was the man behind the
scripts of Satyagraha, Chakravyuh, Aarakshan,
Raajneeti, Apaharan, Naina, The Legend of Bhagat,
Pukar and many others says.
Both Rajabali and Puthran agree that the film
industry has been very cordial towards scriptwriters
but sometimes they get frustrated when they see how
their story has been represented in a big medium.
It can be quite irritating to see your script being
turning into something completely different. There
is nothing you can do about it. When the movie comes
out, no scriptwriter is ever happy and satisfied with
the end product. But such is life, Rajabali insists .
Story writers reveal that their job is the most chal-
lenging one in the film industry. A little problem and
the film will fall flat. The trick, scriptwriters believe
lies in how much to show and what to delete. Let
the audience put two and two together. You cant push
a concept down their throat. In Mardaani that was
a challenge. We had to be sure about how much to
show and what to hide. The aim was to get a strong
message across to the audience, not to petrify them,
Puthran tells you from Mumbai.
The other challenge, he insists is always to keep
emotions out of the script. As a storyteller one has
to present both sides of the coin. We cant present a
biased view, he tells you. This is where some stories
are lagging behind and films that could have done
well are falling flat. I dont understand the penchant
of over-the-top dramatisation, he adds.
When scripting a story, the most important aspect
is working as a team with the director. Its impor-
tant to have a wavelength between the director and
scriptwriter. Otherwise the story would go haywire.
Its like a relay race where the director and the
scriptwriter are at the two ends and you have to coor-
dinate and understand right from the start, Rajabali
explains. Prakash Jha and I share a very strong bond
and have immense faith in each other. Aarakshan
(2011), Chakravyuh (2012) and Satyagraha (2013)
happened back-to-back but Raajneeti took two to four
years of scripting. Prakash and I used to disagree a
lot during the discussion but that never affected our
relationship, he says.
For Rajabali,The Legend of Bhagat Singh was the
most difficult and enjoyable film. More than 17
months of research work went in its scripting. Aamir
Khan and Rani Mukherjis Gulaam which was an
adaptation of Elia Kazans On the Waterfront (1954)
was also a fun film. Whereas Chakravyuh was an easy
task. I made the first draft of the script in 1995 and
in every two years, I used to revise the script and the
character. It was Prakash who showed interest in it
and turned in to a film. Raajneeti was also an inter-
esting story to do but Prakash and I had a lot of argu-
ment in every single dialogue, he adds.
In 1992, when Rajabali decided to learn the craft
of scriptwriting, he found himself alienated because
there was not a single college which offered him a
course. In 2004, Rajabali introduced scriptwriting
course in FTII and its alumni went on to produce films
like Shaitan, Rock On, De Dhakka and several other
films and TV shows. His dream of launching a plat-
form that can train the budding scriptwriters for
Bollywood and TV is taking its shape in the form of
Cinerise which will mentor and assist budding
scriptwriters to learn this art and pitch their stories
to the top-notch filmmakers. Baba Azmi was
struggling to complete his script when I agreed to help
him out. That is how I landed up in this profession.
The offers start pouring in and I got an opportuni-
ty to co-write with veteran director Govind Nihalini
in Drohkaal (1998), Rajabali, who learnt scriptwrit-
ing on his own, tells you.
Around 100 scriptwriters will be selected for the
workshop where the story will be revised. Out of those
15 scriptwriters will be selected for the Script Lab phase
where theyll be guided by 12 mentors eight from
India and others from abroad. After six months of train-
ing, these scriptwriters will be pitching their stories to
the filmmakers, corporate and production houses.
There are no commercial returns attached to Cinerise.
The programme is free of cost for the budding
scriptwriters. Only they will have the copyright to their
stories. There is no agreement or bond signed by them,
he says, adding that the whole purpose of Cinerise is
to channelise the talent of potential and competent
scriptwriters to develop good scripts.
The veteran writer feels that India being a nation
of folklore and rich literature, the craft of scriptwrit-
ing and storytelling did not receive much attention
and doesnt have a well defined work structure.
During 1950s, there was no separate field of
scriptwriters in Bollywood. Directors like Mehboob
Khan, known for Mother India, used to script their
own stories. Screen by screen dialogue was penned
and a lot of importance was given on each dialogue.
This is lacking in todays time, he tells you.
But slowly things started changing and scriptwrit-
ers started getting their due credit. In the past few
decades we have seen a lot of talent in Bollywood.
From Mani Ratnam, Yash Raj, Karan Johar to Vikram
Aditya Motwani, Anurag Kashyap and many more.
The contract between the scriptwriters and produc-
tion house became more transparent. Script became
an important factor and writers started getting cred-
it in the film. In 2012, Indian Copyright Act which
got amended favoured the writers. The court became
sensitive. This is the good time to join scriptwriting
in India, Rajabali points out.
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named Foo Fol holel which is haunled
by wi/wils - wi/ards and wilches.
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Zangoora and Jhumroo. we wanled lo creale a
dierenl kind o show which could be rimarily
enjoyed by children. had lhis design which
laler malerialised when Lushin and Bubbles
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Brosnan?
He is a wonderful man. Easy going
and accessible with great English
humour.
QHow did you find time for activities?
Most of it I did when I was a child.
Children can explore the world.
QYou have done quite a few action
movies. Is this something that you have
pursued or did it happen by chance?
It happened purely by chance. I
decided to act because I was a fan of
Bergman, Lars Von Trier, David Lynch,
David Cronenberg, Woody Allen, and
many others. When you are starting your
career you dont really say no to roles
just to choose a genre unless they are
harmful for you as an actor. It just hap-
pened that my first English speaking
parts were in the action genre.
QOther projects?
The Water Diviner (drama)
directed by Russell Crowe will be
released soon. I just finished two
films. A Perfect Day by Fernando
Leon de Aranoa and Momentumby
Stephen Campanelli.
QTell us about your role in The
November Man?
I play a social worker in a
refugee centre who helps victims of
sex trafficking. My character is
multi dimensional. She has the
information that everyone is after
and she has to protect it.
QWhy did you say yes to the
role?
Im a fan of thrillers and I loved
the script and my character. Also
working with Roger and Pierce
was very appealing especially after
they told me that the part was writ-
ten for me.
Let the audience
put two and two
together. You
can't push a
concept down
their throat. n
Mardaani that
was a challenge. We had to
be sure about how much to
show and what to hide.
The aim was to get a
strong message across to
the audience, not to petrify
them
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t's important to
have a
wavelength
between the
director and
scriptwriter.
Otherwise the
story would go
haywire. t's like a relay
race where the director
and the scriptwriter are at
the two ends and you have
to coordinate and
understand right from the
start
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T
he political storm in Islamabad is
beginning to abate as Parliament
chose to stand solidly behind
Nawaz Sharif and his Government.
Those who scripted the storm
taking the country to the precipice, hoping
against hope that a political tsunami would
sweep the Nawaz Government out of power
must be very unhappy. It is one of the
rarest cases in Pakistans history that the
silent majority finally overcame a howling
minority baying for Nawazs ouster from
office.
While Imran Khan and Muhammad
Tahir-ul-Qadri the principal visible actors
in the high-voltage drama that went on for
more than two weeks in the red zone of
Islamabad strained their vocal cords hop-
ing to draw people to the streets in millions,
they could muster only a crowd of tame sup-
porters that turned out only in hundreds or
thousands at the most. Those unseen (if not
completely unknown) puppeteers pulling the
strings from behind the scene had no other
option but to give up in the end.
A visibly sick Javed Hashmi, number two
in Imrans party, who left his hospital bed to
be beside his leader, true to his reputation as
a rebel (baghi), finally shared his anxiety
about the unseen directors of the farcical
show. Parliament solidly backed Nawazs
Government in a joint session, and an oppo-
sition jirga as the media called it nego-
tiated well with both Imran and Qadri.
All this has led to the much-awaited anti-
climax as overwhelming majority of people
heaved sighs of relief across the country. But
does this mean victory for forces of democra-
cy? Does it indicate that the Army has lost
the plot and made the final retreat? The
whole episode deserves closer scrutiny.
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To start with, following the May 2013 General
Elections in Pakistan, Imran had alleged that
the results had been stolen from his party. His
party had performed much better than in pre-
vious elections and had overtaken the Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP) in terms of absolute votes.
Of 46,217,482 votes polled, Imrans Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured 7,679,954 votes
(16.6 per cent) compared to PPPs 6,911,218
(15 per cent). Pakistan Muslim League
emerged as the largest party, securing absolute
majority in Parliament with 14,874,104 votes
(32 per cent).
Imran suspected foul play at almost all lev-
els the Election Commission, the judiciary
and the caretaker Government. He was insis-
tent on recounting of votes in four constituen-
cies NA-110 Sialkot I, NA-122, Lahore IV,
NA-125 Lahore VIII, and NA-154 Lodhran I.
Of these, in NA-122, Imran had lost out to
Ayaz Sadiq, now speaker of the National
Assembly by 8,872 votes. In NA-110, former
PML-N Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad
Asif had defeated the PTI candidate by over
21,000 votes. In NA-125, the incumbent PML-
N Minister for Railways, Khawaja Saad Rafique,
had defeated PTI stalwart Hamid Khan by
18,921 votes. In case of NA-154, Pakistani busi-
nessman entrepreneur and PTI candidate
Jahangir Tareen had lost to an Independent
candidate by about 10,000 votes.
For Imran, the performance of his party
was much worse than what he had anticipated
and he attributed his failure to massive elec-
toral fraud by PML-N. He went to the extent
of saying that the 2013 elections were the
worst-rigged in the history of Pakistan.
Looking at the high profile PML-N candi-
dates, who had won from three of the four
constituencies, the Nawaz Government was not
quite keen to reopen the cases, and was visibly
dragging its feet over the issue, even if the
Electoral Commission had gone ahead with
about 400 electoral complaints, about 65 of
them from PTI. It was a clear case of underes-
timating the political opponent. However,
Imran had his doubts about the commission
enquiring into the cases in an impartial man-
ner under the PML-N Government. He was
raising this demand off and on throughout the
last 14 months, until he decided to go all out
and announce a long march. But the issue is
why he chose this moment and could he have
done it all by himself?
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There was, in general, a storm building up on
the horizon, which went largely unnoticed by
Nawaz and his men. Nawazs imperious behav-
iour, his overdependence on a coterie full of
his relatives, his regular absence from
Parliament sessions, failure to revive the econ-
omy, and worsening power situation began to
be discussed widely. A sense of popular frus-
tration with the Government, especially in
urban centres, seemed to build up quietly,
even as the Sharif brothers tried their best to
invite foreign investment, particularly from
China ($32 billion), and repair relationship
with the US and immediate neighbours.
Against this backdrop, when popular dis-
satisfaction was beginning to shape up, forces
opposed to Nawaz were waiting for an oppor-
tune moment, which came their way in the
wake of police excesses against demonstrators
from Qadris party Pakistan Awami Tehreek
(PAT) on June 17, at Model Town in Lahore,
which led to death of seven persons. From that
time onwards, all hell broke loose. Imrans PTI
was waiting for such a chance, as were other
dark forces within the military establishment.
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Ever since Nawaz came to power, there was a
common view in Pakistan that the Army did not
want him in office. Nawaz treaded softly to
begin with. He included military chiefs in his
newly formed Cabinet Committee on National
Security (CCNS), which replaced the Defence
Committee of the Cabinet (DCC), and hoped
that civilian induction of Army leadership into
the apex decision-making structure on security
would help reduce their antipathy towards him
and his Government. That was not to be.
Even if Nawaz saw off Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
rather peacefully and picked Raheel Sharif as
Kayanis successor, the tension continued.
Perhaps Raheel may be having some sense of
personal loyalty towards Nawaz, but the institu-
tional distaste for Nawaz and his policies is per-
haps too widespread within the Army for it to
reconcile to Nawazs leadership. That may be the
reason why the Army, as a whole or at least pow-
erful sections within it, choose pawns like Imran
and Qadri to show Nawaz his limits.
To begin with, Nawaz disregarded the
Armys perspective on handling militancy in the
tribal belt. He chose to talk, which the Army
contemplated as a military operation. Ultimately,
militants provoked the Government and the
Army to launch Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
It is also well known that the Army has
reservations about Nawazs policies towards
Afghanistan and India. It would not like Nawaz
to build bridges with the ruling dispensations in
these countries. It is believed that Nawazs com-
ing to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony
of the new PM was also not received well by the
establishment. His decision not to meet the sepa-
ratists had riled the Army even more.
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IasIing gives a rhanre Io Ihe body
and mind Io break ouI oI a paIIern
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T
here is indeed so much to do
about the human skin than
participating in social experi-
ments by applying soap on one
side and a self-proclaimed
nourishing bathing soap on the other.
Registering oneself as an organ donor
sure is a venerable decision, but the skin
too could also of be of higher services.
Skin can be donated within six hours of
a persons death.
Anyone can donate skin irrespective
of their age and gender, provided they are
18 years of age and above. The whole pro-
cedure takes only about 30-45 minutes,
but it could metamorphosise the life of
a burns victim. The procedure entails dif-
ferent stages of blood collection, followed
by skin harvesting and bandaging. The
face and neck of the donor will be
untouched, thereby dispelling doubts
about the dignity of the dead or for the
purpose of funeral.
While treating severe burn cases,
most doctors contact skin banks to help
their patients. Burn injuries are not only
physically traumatic but also subject a
person to perpetual mental and social dis-
comfort. A battery-operated instrument
called Dermatome is used while harvest-
ing skin. Usually, only the 1/8th layer, that
is the uppermost layer of the skin, is har-
vested. In the preservation of the skin, it
is kept cleanly covered in containers con-
taining Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)
and antibiotics like Penicillin, stored at 4
degrees Celsius, for about two to four
weeks. Alternatively, it can also be pre-
served with Glycerol and antibiotics at 70
degrees Celsius. In this case, it could be
stored for more than a month.
Beyond burn injuries, one of the
most inhuman and traumatic experiences
for a person could be an acid attack. And
statistics imply that acid attacks are
prevalent in countries like India,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Uganda and
Cambodia, among others. The BBC
reports that 1,500 attacks are reported
worldwide every year, but the actual fig-
ure could be much higher.
In India, following the Delhi gan-
grape case of December 16, 2012, a new
law was passed which criminalised acid
attacks. It proposed punishment of not
less than 10 years to a maximum of life
imprisonment for perpetrators and fine
that could go up to C10 lakh. The
Supreme Court on July 18, 2013, passed
an order to regulate the sale of acids
across the country. While hoping that this
would lower the number of such cases,
one can still not shy away from helping
those already in need. Depending upon
the depth of injury, skin donation or skin
transplantation could at times heal an
acid attack victim entirely or at least heal
70 per cent of the burns.
Here are some of the most important
steps while handling acid attacks as also
listed in www.stopacidattacks.org:
Wash affected body part of patient
with plenty of fresh or saline water.
Dont rinse the burn area with dirty
water as it can cause severe infection.
Keep splashing the affected burn area
with plenty of cool water for around 30-
45 minutes.
Take off all clothing and jewellery
which may have had contact with acid.
Do not apply any cream or ointment
on the affected area without medical con-
sultation.
Use sterilised gauze to loosely wrap the
affected area.
Rush the patient to a burn specialty
hospital.
P
ost surgery, three steps could be
relied upon for quicker relief:
Regular massage with Contratubex and
coconut oil two times each daily.
Gell sheet to be applied on affected
area at least for 12 hours a day.
Pressure garment to be worn for at
least 10-12 hours a day.
Skin grafting is another surgical
procedure in which skin is removed from
one part of the body and placed over
burned or damaged skin. Third-degree
burns must be covered as quickly as pos-
sible to prevent infection as well as loss
of fluid. For first or second degree
burns, skin grafting is the most effective
solution. Tissue expansion too is a med-
ical procedure that enables the body to
grow extra skin for use in procedures
concerning reconstruction. From ulcers
to cosmetic reasons and skin cancer, skin
grafting can be the answer to all these
woes.
Unfortunately, skin banks in India are
rare, causing double trouble for patients
who require immediate transplant. And
the few that exist are ceaselessly hunting
for donors. Interestingly, at the same
time, the Indian aesthetic industry, over
the past few years, is reported to have
seen a surge in demand with huge
opportunities for growth. The aesthetics
and wellness market is speculated to
touch $20 billion over the next two years
with equal weightage to vanity for men
and women.
A newly opened clinic in Delhi, Reva,
offers an entire suite of aesthetics ser-
vices. It is said to be a high-tech aesthet-
ics clinic, the first in India to acquire a
BBL Sciton machine, which is the safest
and most advanced machine and has
introduced programmes combining
Eastern practices with Western technol-
ogy. The clinic also uses the Forever
Young laser, a superior technology intro-
duced for the first time in the Indian aes-
thetics industry along with Cool sculpt-
ing a proven non-surgical fat reduc-
tion technique. Moreover, for a whole-
some experience, there would be cus-
tomised meals at EaThin caf based on
the European weight management pro-
gram, which would be delivered to
patrons across the city.
The team at Reva is led by the high-
ly renowned facial plastic surgeon, Dr
Devinder S Mangat, MD, as Chief
Medical Director. His skill in this field is
unparalleled and he says, With Reva, my
handpicked team brings to India a whole
new world of beauty and aesthetics ser-
vices as never seen before with interna-
tional standards practiced and cutting
edge technology. My team and I hope to
bring about both art and science to the
field of aesthetics. On board this team
are Dr Reema Arora, a senior consultant
renowned as the Mother of Aesthetics in
India, Dr Aarushi Passi (cosmetic physi-
cian), and Dr Shubhangi Perkar (derma-
tologist).
Backed by the UNICEF and NACO,
Reva is also working with Stop Acid
Attacks, an NGO, to stabilise the lives of
acid attack victims. One victim will be
treated at Reva pro bono annually. They
also say that they will partake in events
to raise awareness on the need to stop
such crimes. Reva also claims to have
contributed generously to Mamta, which
works with International HIV/AIDS
Alliance. Dr Mangat will have three addi-
tional America-trained plastic surgeons,
Neena Will, Tripti Burt, and Mark Been
, performing surgical and non-surgical
procedures at the clinic.
Additionally, there will be two full-
time cosmetic dermatologists evaluating
and treating patients. Some of the services
that will be provided include treatment
of wrinkles, facial skin blemishes, and pig-
mentation using chemical peels, non-
invasive lasers and skin care products.
Fractional lasers for skin surface reju-
venation and skin tightening radio fre-
quency and infra red lasers to improve
skin texture and colour are also used in
surgical procedures related to the skin.
Other surgical procedures for skin
include the facial rejuvenation with
facelifts, eyelid lifts, facial implants for
chin and cheek augmentation, rhinoplas-
ty, scar revisions, removal of skin blem-
ishes, and so on.
However, they often cost the common
man a bomb. Acid attack victims could
be from any strata of society and it is often
seen that they hail from a background
with limited means. Unfortunately, until
last year, Government hospitals did not
have skin banks, rendering the poor help-
less and further traumatised.
A report in 2010 stated that in India,
incidents of burns amount to a shocking
six to seven million per year. This is attrib-
uted to illiteracy, poverty and lack of safe-
ty awareness among people. The absence
of burn care facilities makes the situation
worse despite the fact that 90 per cent of
the burn injuries are preventable.
Almost a decade of the millennium,
the supposedly shining 21st century, saw
almost no trace of skin banks across the
country. Not many, in fact, know that
skin can be donated too. Collective
social apathy towards donation of organs
or skin deters a lot of scientific progress
that could have helped mankind. Only a
thin layer from the thigh and back are
collected and that too without any dis-
figurement to the body of the donor. But
it gives a new life to another person.
Procedures such as skin grafting, skin
donating, and skin banking need urgent
attention and active participation to
spread awareness.
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awaz Governments indecision over
Pervez Musharraf was another irritant for
Army. The Army leadership was also
quite upset about Nawaz paying a courtesy visit
to the nursing home where noted journalist
Hamid Mir was recuperating after being
attacked allegedly by people associated with the
ISI. Together, there was enough reason for the
Army to look for willing collaborators in their
minus-one dislodge Nawaz project.
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On the eve of 2013 elections, there was wide-
spread suspicion in Pakistan that some invisible
powers in Pakistan (read ISI) were priming
forces to stall Nawazs return to power, which
had started looking inevitable towards the end
of 2012.
This is how the rumour went: Qadri was
flown in from Canada and Imran was propped
up from inside to put up a close fight against
Nawaz. The electronic media also joined the
fray by anointing Imran as the prime ministerial
candidate. As it has been mentioned earlier, PTI
managed to reap a good harvest but could not
stop Nawaz from coming to power.
In the changed circumstances, it was per-
haps considered opportune to re-energise Imran
and Qadri to launch a protest movement against
Nawaz. Other pro-military forces like PML-
Qaid, Awami Muslim League (AML) and some
religious outfits like Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen
(MWM) were always ready to play ball with the
Army. Once the movement gathered traction,
other mainstream parties were expected to join.
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A close look at the demands presented by Imran
and Qadri reveals that they were framed in a
non-negotiable manner. They asked the
Government to own up all the allegations made
by them, resign and pack up, leaving the door
open for them to rebuild Pakistan.
The six main demands of Imran were resig-
nation of the Prime Minister, electoral reforms,
re-election to follow reforms, establish a neutral
caretaker Government, resignation of all mem-
bers of the Election Commission who managed
the previous election, those responsible for elec-
tion rigging be imprisoned and tried under
Article 6, which deals with high treason.
The 10-point demands of Qadri were quite
rhetorical and aimed at establishing a democrat-
ic society which would result in rule of the peo-
ple, alleviate poverty, cater to basic needs of the
people, transform society, eradicate terror, and
protect the rights of minorities and women.
Qadri would argue that such re-engineering
could only be possible if the national and
provincial Assemblies were dissolved and the
Government relinquished its power, making
room for fresh elections and election of a new
Government.
The demands were thus designed to force
the Government to quit. The calculation of
those scripting the drama was simple driven
by a sense of optimism that there would be
enough gravitas to floor Nawaz or at least cor-
ner and weaken him.
There was a hope that when Imran would
start his march from Lahore on the Pakistan
Independence Day on August 14, and as he
would move towards Islamabad along the Grand
Trunk Road, people of Pakistan would pour out
in millions and take Islamabad by storm, forcing
the Government to quit or at least compelling
Nawaz to resign.
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Both Imran, the voluble maverick, and Qadri,
the self-indulgent rabble rouser, perhaps failed
to feel the pulse of the people. As they started
from Lahore, it became quite clear that at its
peak the crowd did not go beyond 20,000-
25,000, and waned after that.
After reaching Islamabad, despite raising
their decibels, both leaders could hardly inflate
their ranks. Even PTI legislators in Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa refused to oblige Imran and
resign from their seats. With a lot of effort,
Imran could send in the resignation letters of
PTI members of the National Assembly. In spite
of such a poor show, the two leaders decided to
go on, lodged in their containers, while their
supporters outside grew restive.
Imrans intentions became even clearer when
he decided to continue with his sit-in in front of
the Parliament, even if the Government pan-
icked and agreed to accept five of the six
demands made by him. The whole movement
now revolved around resignation of Nawaz,
which was impossible for any self-respecting
Government to concede.
In this context, Nawazs decision to hand
over the security of Islamabad, the capital city,
to the Army was intended to force it to behave.
He entrusted the Army with the responsibility
vide article 245 of the Constitution to act in aid
of civil power and provide protection to the red
zone in the capital city, which houses all impor-
tant institutions of democracy the Parliament
house, the Supreme Court, the Government sec-
retariat, and Prime Ministers house.
As the crowds grew restless and Imran
threatened to march into PMs house, the Army
spokesman was forced to issue a Twitter state-
ment that sanctity of these institutions must be
upheld at all costs.
However, revealing its collusion with the
demonstrators further, the Army decided not to
intervene despite active provocation from the
leaders, even after the crowd attacked the
Government buildings. Finally, when the police
responded to the acts of violence by the protest-
ers, which resulted in the death of four persons
(seven, according to Imran), the Army issued a
statement condemning armed action and chose
to admonish the Government to resolve the
deadlock without use of force. When the pro-
testers entered Pakistan Television (PTV) office
and vandalised the premises, the Army rangers
were seen to be dealing with them in the kindest
manner possible.
Coming to the Armys response to such a
sponsored crisis it waited in patience for the
movement to gather momentum. In the mean-
while, the Army chief did meet PM thrice with-
in a week and even had meetings with Imran
and Qadri, but failed to persuade them to stop
their protest. Cynics in Pakistan held that the
Army enjoyed the spectacle and did not want to
resolve it so soon. Otherwise, one wink from the
Army chief would have been enough to bring
the protest to a close.
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There was little doubt that Imran could not have
gone ahead with his protest without assurances
or direction from some quarters that he would
not be harmed. Imrans threat to the
Government that the umpire was looking at
everything and will raise his fingers clearly
pointed towards the military.
However, putting all speculations to rest, the
president of Imrans party, Javed Hashmi, known
for his impeccable democratic credentials,
walked away from the demonstration over the
issue of ordering PTI followers to march into the
PM house. Later, Hashmi attended the joint ses-
sion of the Parliament and revealed that Imran
was all along guided by unseen forces in his
protest march and there was a sense of conster-
nation among the sponsors that both the leaders
could not muster enough popular support.
The Army in a press release following
Hashmis statements said it was not in any way
connected to the protest. It categorically reject-
ed the assertions that the Army and ISI were
backing PTI/PAT in the ongoing political stand-
off in any way. It stated further that it was an
apolitical institution and talked about its
unequivocal support for democracy at numer-
ous occasions.
The Army was clearly on the back foot and
the more it denied its role, the more the analysts
in Pakistan seemed convinced that it was the
main architect of the drama being enacted at the
Parliament Square.
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In a rare show of unity, perhaps for the first time
in the history of Pakistan, almost all mainstream
political parties, except PTI, came together and
rallied behind Nawaz, reiterating their support
for democracy. During the joint session, the
Opposition leaders criticised Nawaz severely for
his lapses but conveyed a clear message to the
protesters that such undemocratic methods
would not be allowed to succeed.
Simultaneously, a reconciliation committee
comprising mainly opposition parties includ-
ing Jamat-i-Islami, PTIs alliance partner
negotiated with Imran and Qadri to bring the
protests to a halt. Such demonstration of unity
was a loud call to the Army to not tamper with
the ongoing democratic experiment in Pakistan.
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The media community of Pakistan played a big
role in exaggerating the importance of the
march. It was shocking to see most of the elec-
tronic channels prosecuting and passing ver-
dict on Nawaz Government, brazenly siding
with Imran and Qadri and throwing all decen-
cy to winds.
However, it was refreshing to see the print
media advocating restraint and behaving
responsibly. It is necessary for the media com-
munity to engage in soul-searching once the
drama ends and help the process of democratic
transition consolidate, rather than invite praeto-
rian forces to make a mockery of it.
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As things stand today, it appears on the surface
that the threat to Nawazs Government may have
been averted, and the Army is on the back foot.
The news of Chinese President contemplating
cancellation of his upcoming trip in September
may have also discouraged mischief-makers
from going ahead with the comic circus.
Nevertheless, the damage has been done
even though the plan has not succeeded fully.
Nawaz has realised the consequences of acting
against the wishes of the Army. Reports in
Pakistani media say he has already assured the
Army that he would not conduct his foreign and
security policy without its consent. He may
spend the rest of his tenure doubly conscious of
the long shadow of the Army on the politics of
Pakistan.
On the positive side, the Nawaz
Government has been jolted out of its sense of
complacence. It has now learnt that coterie poli-
tics will not work and it cannot afford to be
arrogant and dismissive about the Opposition.
Nawaz must be thankful to the Opposition
for having forgiven him despite his haughty
and overbearing style of functioning all in
the name of saving democracy and stopping a
possible coup. If he is clever, he must imple-
ment Imrans saner suggestions, conduct a
thorough investigation into the allegations,
invest in electoral reforms to strengthen
democracy and progressively roll back Armys
role in politics by bringing about structural
reforms in a gradual manner.
The people of Pakistan have won in the end.
By refusing to participate in Imrans farcical
march, they have shown signs of maturity. After
all, if the crowds would have started building up
in Islamabad, no amount of speeches in
Parliament could have saved Nawaz. The baton
and bayonet would have hijacked democracy.
Had they poured out in greater numbers, it
would have boosted the morale of the military
and its pawns. Nawaz, a pawn in the hands of
the military, has perhaps learnt his lessons the
hard way, so have other mature politicians in
Pakistan.
This is good news for Pakistan that unlike in
the past, there is no temptation to rally around
the Army in moments of crisis and project it as
a saviour, only to topple the Government and
come to power. Let us hope, it will last.
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xcavations and archaeological
research on Tin Route brings
evidence on tin, brought from
the mountains of Afghanistan to
Baluchistan and Indus basins, and
overland across Iran to the city of
Eshnunna on the Tigris river in
Mesopotamia. From Mesopotamia it
was later transported overland, via the
city of Mari on the Euphrates, to the
port of Ugarit in northern Syria, and
into the Middle East. There were two
known sources of tin Afghanistan
and Anatolia. The increased demand
of tin for bronze production opened
up trade with Afghanistan, and thus
the first known trade route, the Tin
Road, was born.
S Kalyanaramans new book juxta-
poses archaeology and hermaneutics.
The philosophical hermaneutics
attempted in this work provides evi-
dence associated with Meluhha
speakers of the Bronze Age. Meluhha
was the name by which Harappan or
Indus-Sarasvati civilisation was
known to Mesopotamia. Growth of
bronze technology necessitated a
writing system of Meluhha cipher as
evident from corpora of nearly 7000
inscriptions. Meluhha cipher was
used with cuneiform syllable symbol-
ic forms in Fertile Crescent and
Ancient Near East.
Kalyanaraman argues that
Meluhha is cognate of Sanskrit
Mleccha. The author traces the evolu-
tion of the term in literary corpus
and archaeological remains in
Western India and Mesopotamia.
Kalyanaraman identifies and discuss-
es Mleccha as referred to in
Sathapathabrahmana, Valmiki
Ramayana, Mahabharata,
Matsyapurana, and Arthasastra.
Sathapathabrahmana provides the
early evidence of the Mleccha speech.
Thus a Brahmana text refers to
Mleccha in terms of linguistic identi-
ty. In Paninis Ashtadhyayi, Mleccha
gets semantically associated with
indistinct speech.
Proto Indic language in ancient
Indian texts by Bharatamuni and also
in Manusmriti are discussed by
Kalyanaraman. In the Mahabharata,
Pahlava, Sabara, Saka, Yavana, Pundra,
Kirata, Dramila, Simbhala, Barbara
and Darada are collectively referred as
Mleccha. Presenting literary evidence
from Mahabharata and Vishnupurana,
Kalyanaraman proposes that Meluhha
is the region around Gandhara. The
author also discusses at length the
influence of Sanskrit language and lit-
erature on Tamil Sangam literary cor-
pus.
Presenting archaeological evi-
dence, Kalyanaraman argues a cultural
continuity in India and proposes the
rechristening of over 2,000 Bronze Age
sites on the Sarasvati basin as Sarasvati
civilisation. The presence of Meluhha
artisans in a comprehensive mercantile
region extending from the foothills of
the Himalayas to Pontic mountains in
Turkey is supported by Meluhha
hieroglyphs.
From the mid-third millennium
BCE, Sumerian and Akkadian
cuneiform sources frequently mention
Makkan, the southern shore of the
Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea and
Meluhha, the northern shore of
Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea which
includes the Indus valley. Further,
Melukka appears occasionally in cuni-
form texts of the Old Akkadian and
Ur III Periods referring to the region
of Sarasvati civilisation. As testimony,
Kalyanaraman cites Asko and Simo
Parpola. The author has substantially
documented hieroglyphs from British
museum, seals as well as Sumerian
and Ur inscriptions.
In the archaeometallurgical con-
text, the importance of zinc is dis-
cussed by the author. Zinc smelting at
Udaipur in Rajasthan is the earliest
site of zinc production in the world.
Copper and bronze metallurgy are dis-
cussed in Harappan context as well as
Mesopotamian trade network.
Hieroglyphs on tablets from
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro and other
Indus-Sarasvati sites are presented by
the author symbolising processions of
lapidary-artisan competence. Evidence
of Sivalingas in terracotta and stone
unearthed from Kalibangan, Harappa
and Mohenjo-daro are discussed in
relation to pillars from Dholavira
shaped as lingas.
Kalyanaraman discusses ancient
Indian texts such as Vishnusamhita,
Manasara Silpa and Manasollasa in
support of lost wax method which was
largely practiced in Ganga valley and
Odisha-Andhra region. Further, the
chronology of archaeological cultures
of Ganga valley has gone back to 1800
BC, changing our idea of the late Vedic
Period.The author highlights the
importance of the Painted Grey Ware
site of Purola which has yielded
Syenachiti or the brickaltar associated
with Vedic sacrifices. Kalyanaraman
argues that reduplication as a hallmark
of Indian languages, is an important
feature explains the presence of many
homonyms in Mleccha. It enabled
symbolic forms of words to be signi-
fied by Meluhha hieroglyphs. The
importance of major trade routes link-
ing Indus-Sarasvati civilisation,
Mesopotamia and central Asia are also
discussed from the archaeological per-
spective.
Meticulously researched with wide
ranging tools, Kalyanaraman has dis-
cussed the work quite comprehensive-
ly and presented in a rather thematic
way. Using interdisciplinary data, it
breaks our conventional concept of
Mleccha. There are more than hun-
dred figures, and also maps as well as
reference and index which supplement
the rather new and brilliant presenta-
tion. It is a premier research work for
all interested in early India.
K
alyan Ray is the author of the
novel Eastwords and has
translated several books of
contemporary Indian poetry
into English, including City of
Memories which has a preface by Allen
Ginsberg. Owing to natural disasters,
political unrest, and poverty, his family
was uprooted from the Ganges Delta
(now Bangladesh). He grew up in
Calcutta, was educated in India and the
US, where he is now a professor of
English Literature. He spends his time
between India and America, and is the
husband of renowned Indian filmmaker
Aparna Sen. In his new novel, No
Country, he intertwines private histories
and political events. It is the story of two
friends Padraig and Brendan and a
chain of unforeseeable, irrevocable events
that will propel one to North America
and the other to Bengal. It begins in 1989
when an Indian couple are discovered
murdered in a small town in upstate New
York. They lie together as though just
disengaged from a long embrace. Yet
their murder has been two centuries in
the making. In an interview, the author
speaks about how he lived the past while
writing the novel and how he would like
his readers to live those phases and hear
those voices too.
QIdentity, borders, nationality and so
on are the crucial themes of your book.
What does statehood mean to you?
I find most of the borders to be elusive.
If you think about it, you will realise that
you can have borders, but they will get
redrawn in the next economic onrush.
Very often, borders mean so little,
because in the old days entire countries
were controlled by companies. Think
about how Gabriel Garcia Marquez
writes about the United Fruit Company,
and what borders mean to him.
Likewise, borders have been redrawn in
the last 150 years; they have been
reduced to matters of convenience.
QYour book has passages of Yeatss
Sailing to Byzantium. Is Yeats an
influence upon you?
Yes, I realised when I was writing the
book that so many aspects of it could be
summed up in this one poem. All of the
epigraphs and the title come from it. The
idea of crossing over, of change and
changelessness both, the notion of an
inexorable passage of time set upon a
golden to bough to sing to the lords of
Byzantium inspired me to find a name
for my story from that poem. No
Country is the title because no country
is permanent. We are talking about
impermanence. Do you remember that
place on the famine ship where Brendan,
Maeve are sailing? Brendan is a man of
belief but hes lying there, thinking,
about how almost every one of Gods
most remarkable miracles was about
food, be it The Last Supper, Sea of
Galilee, or Loaves and Fishes. He then
says to God, Are we not your children
too? Do we not deserve sustenance? Its
a cry from the soul. Think about the
Partition, or the creation of Bangladesh.
Yeats comes with these ideas of identity.
There are few poets who had such an
amazing idea of history.
QWas it a conscious ploy to narrate
the accounts in the first person
narrative? Does that reinforce the idea
of identity in the book?
Yes, nothing establishes identity as the
voice itself; the first person singular I.
The examination of Who am I? is
constant. In the letter that Robert (a
British era policeman in colonial
Calcutta) writes, he asks, Where do we
come from? And he wonders about
names. How the name Aryana changes
to Iran or how the Gypsies are called
Manush in French. Have you ever
wondered what is the real persona of an
otherwise familiar acquaintance? Its the
ultimate familiar unknowability. Right
now, we are talking but we dont really
know each other. Or think about the
dying Maire Aherne. There is a
substantial contrast between the fiery
woman who lived and the miserable
Maire who has nobody by her side in her
last moments. Madgy too is someone
who doesnt have a voice, but is sorted.
QWas there a conscious attack upon
iconoclasm? Both Captain Connolly
and Father Conlon are not inspiring
figures for a clergyman and captain
respectively?
There is indeed a sense of
disillusionment, of course. Maire
Aherne, for instance, rushes in because
she cant bear the sight of her neighbours
hut being demolished. But there is no
sentimentality when she lies dying. In
fact, even in that crisis, she is robbed. You
dont associate tears with her but in her
last moments, she is in tears.
QWhat is the relevance of political
history?
All histories are political. Also, consider
how we tell a story. The moment we start
thinking, that moment has gone to the
past. All stories are about the past. You
think on a canvas, that canvas is time.
QHow did you research for this novel?
I did research a lot but I made much effort
to hide the effort I was putting in. I wanted
to tell a story which was a page turner. I
wanted people to go through it as if they
were living through those lives, voices and
phases, and then wonder Oh my God,
how much politics has gone into it!
Everything is about politics. I took a
sabbatical and read Irish accounts from
1835 to 1847. I went through Irish political
works, newspapers, folk songs and so on of
that period. In my head, I was living in that
age. Even the description of Dublin in
1843, when Padraig is walking through the
street, they all had existed. I looked at their
pictures with magnifying glasses. I tried
recreating the past just like that, not a
pretty one, but just right.
QYou are a professor of literature, how
do you solve the problems in literary
historiography? More so, because your
book is about the Ireland of 1840s, India
of 1910s and New York of 1980s. Can
Literary History be defined?
You know, I could talk on and on about
theory but one might still not come out
with a jot of understanding literature
without a complete, immersive reading of
the text itself. In the last 35 or so years, we
have had a lot of sheer jargons and
superficial isms in the name of literature;
I am tired of it and tried to tell a story with
voices that are clear enough and not
dependent on deconstructive and reader-
response theories. They are clear voices of
life. They are more real. What Yeats called
the rag and bone shop of the heart: I
made my song a coat, covered with
embroideries out of old mythologies from
heel to throat; But the fools caught it, wore
it in the worlds eyes as though theyd
wrought it. Song, let them take it, for
theres more enterprise in walking naked.
QHow do you look at the East-West
dichotomy?
If you look at a globe, can you say which is
the East and which is the West? Even the
International Date Line is an artificial
construct. So many civilisations, like the
Greek, have passed through the East.
Spanish architecture is actually Moorish
architecture. Think about the Islamic
middle ages, they are the reason why
renaissance or the ideas of Aristotle or
modern maths flourished. Not that they
are superior. Ideas will flow. The name
Saraswati (goddess of knowledge) means
flowing water. If it remains stagnant it
wouldnt be knowledge.
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hese are bad times for the
Central Bureau of
Investigation. Suddenly, too
many roofs seem to be caving in
on what is supposed to be the
countrys premier crime and scam
busting agency. The rather sordid
chapter that began with the
Supreme Court loquaciously
describing the CBI as the previous
Congress-led UPA Governments
caged parrot for parroting the
regimes laughable defence of cor-
ruption in high places, is yet to
come to a conclusion.
The latest episode to feature in
this chapter is the revelation that
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has been
meeting, over the past couple of
years, people with known links to
individuals and entities facing
charges of corruption in various
high profile scams like the Great 2G
Spectrum Robbery and the
Coalgate scandal. The contents of
the visitors register maintained by
security personnel posted at his resi-
dence are now in the public domain.
It could be argued, and validly
so, it is perfectly legitimate for the
CBI Director to meet people who
may be linked to cases being inves-
tigated or prosecuted by the CBI.
This could be for two purposes.
First, the accused or their rep-
resentatives have the right to pre-
sent their case to the Director if
they feel CBI officials have been
unfair or refused to listen to them.
Second, the Director could be seek-
ing additional information or
ensuring that investigations are on
the right track.
Such meetings usually take
place in the Directors office at the
CBI headquarters in Delhi. And
Sinhas predecessors would have
also met the accused, those being
investigated or their representatives.
It is presumed that these meetings
will in no manner compromise
either investigation or prosecution.
The CBI, thankfully, does not oper-
ate from behind an impenetrable
iron curtain.
It would then be asked, then
why is Sinha being pilloried for
meeting people directly or indirect-
ly linked to scams and scandal that
are being investigated or prosecuted
on his watch? The answer to this
question could be found in the facts
that have emerged till now. The
meetings were held at his home, the
visitors usually came to meet him
late at night, and the same people
met him several times.
What has also called into ques-
tion the legitimacy of these meet-
ings is Sinhas shifting statements
on the visitors register records that
have found their way into the pub-
lic domain. He initially questioned
the authenticity of the details, then
defended meeting these people, and
later said it was an invasion of his
privacy. In between, he offered to
recuse himself from these cases if
the Supreme Court so desired. Why
would he want to do that?
That all is not fine is further
demonstrated by his decision to
change the agencys stand on allega-
tions against specific individuals
and entities in the Great 2G
Spectrum Robbery and Coalgate
scams. A scrutiny of the list of visi-
tors and the dates on which they
visited Sinha, and his subsequent
decisions, prima facie does not
reflect well on him. Unless he is
able to conclusively disprove this
conclusion, questions will continue
to be asked. All that would not be
flattering for either him or the CBI.
But the unfolding debate on
whether the CBI Director displayed
disregard for rectitude or showed
little respect for probity that
promises to get more vicious and
acrimonious, cannot be restricted
to Sinha alone. Irrespective of how
this sordid saga of an agency run to
ground ends it would be wrong not
to raise related, perhaps equally if
not more important, questions at
this point of time.
Indeed, this opportunity for a
larger debate should not be missed
if we are to clean the Augean sta-
bles that the Government of India
and its institutions and organisa-
tions have been reduced to over the
past decade. Glossing over discom-
fiting facts will no longer serve any
purpose; papering over gaping
cracks are not going to save institu-
tions from collapsing into rubble.
We should, for instance, ask if
Sinha has proved to be a wrong
choice for what is possibly one of
the most sensitive posts, how come
he was recommended for the job by
the Central Vigilance Commission?
What were the criteria applied to
select him? And, if they erred hor-
ribly, where did they actually go
wrong? Last, though not the least,
what lessons have been learned
from this mistake, which is not the
first by any means?
It should also be asked why is it
that there is little or no talk of
either reforming the CBI or dis-
banding it entirely? Why must
political correctness prevent any
frank discussion and public debate
on the CBI why it was set up,
what it has been used for, where it
has landed and whether we need it
at all?
Instead what we hear is politi-
cally correct bunk about the need
to free the CBI from political inter-
ference and let it function as an
independent agency. Truth be told,
there is nothing called an indepen-
dent agency anywhere in the world.
It is very much the Governments
job to fight organised inter-State
crime and bust scams and for that it
needs an agency.
A dishonest Government
would use an investigative and
prosecuting agency for dishonest
purposes. Examples abound. The
decade-long hounding of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his
associates like Amit Shah is not
the only instance of misuse of the
CBI for political purposes. We can
go back in time to the days of
Indira Gandhi and later Rajiv
Gandhi. Nor is the planting of
damaging stories by the CBI that
ultimately turn up dead a
recent phenomenon.
Here are two propositions.
First, could we seriously consider
adopting the American method of
appointing agency heads through
public hearings? That would auto-
matically shrink, if not eliminate,
the scope for a wrong person being
appointed for a big job. Second,
could we simply abrogate the Delhi
Special Police Establishment Act of
1946 and dismantle the CBI?
Frankly the NIA negates the
need for the CBI. If the purpose is
to have a crime-busting agency
which has jurisdiction across States,
that purpose is amply fulfilled by
the NIA. If the NIA requires further
strengthening and empowering,
that too can be done without any
great effort. Also, if there are gen-
uine police reforms and State police
forces are trained, empowered,
equipped and allowed to function
without fear or favour, the need for
the CBI is virtually eliminated.
Or we could let it be business
as usual, indulge in stale rhetoric
and allow the cycle of recrimina-
tion and counter-recrimination to
continue unbroken. Being politi-
cally correct and toeing the line of
least resistance are always the easi-
er options. To do otherwise
requires courage and commitment.
If Modi Sarkar cant do the right
thing, nobody can.
(The writer is a Delhi-based
senior journalist)
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Reader response to
Swapan Dasguptas column,
Usual Suspects, published on
August 31:
Bankers mindset: The
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana by banks aimed at vil-
lages and for the poor, is wel-
come. But can the poor bear
the cost of SMS, ATM and
debit card charges? It is an
open secret that most nation-
alised banks have the poorest
of services. Know your cus-
tomer forms are absurd,
which go into very personal
information like an Income
Tax scrutiny case; everyone
fears it. There should be no
charge for savings bank opera-
tions outside the home branch,
if indeed the Governments
policy is to encourage
banking transactions.
RL Pathak
Minimum Government:
The author shouldnt be soft
on the Modi Government
which is seemingly unable to
name key Union Ministers
for portfolios like Defence,
Rural Development,
Communications and IT,
Parliamentary Affairs and so
on. Most Ministers are doing
the humanly-undoable exer-
cise of helming two gigantic
Ministries under their nest.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is leading the NDA to
a once-in-a-five-year flash
rule. He is caught in his own
echo chamber of minimum
Government which is creat-
ing a huge concentration of
power in the hands of a few.
Raveendranath MN
Give some time: Are these
laboratories in Chennai and
Faridabad run by the Union
Government? If yes, it is my
understanding there is a
website to connect directly to
the Prime Ministers office.
One needs to send ones sug-
gestions to the PMO and
wait for a reasonable time for
the response. If there are
issues, fast-track officers may
deal with those issues, con-
sidering the Prime Ministers
directives. Sixty years of
messing has ruined the sys-
tem. It will take some time to
change the rules. There is no
instant magic.
Premolal
These are not major
revamps: What is a big bang
reform supply-side
revamp or doling out
licences to multi-national
companies? Giving licenses
in retail, or tax-favoured
treatment to offshore enti-
ties, are being marketed as
big bang reform, but this is
not really the big bang
reform the country needs.
Supply-side reform, like
eliminating restrictions,
needless licences, permits
and entities like we see at the
Regional Transport Offices,
de-control of non-crucial
sectors like retail, are the big
bang reforms which are
needed. The Modi
Government has made a
good start in reducing
restrictions; more needs to
be done in this direction.
M Patel
No family connection: One
more unique feature of the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana that was announced
by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in his Independence
Day speech and thereafter
launched with great fanfare
is that it is not named after a
Nehru-Gandhi family mem-
ber. So, let us be thankful for
small mercies.
Kanu Mistry
Reverse the trend: The
author has spoken about
transmission losses in the
matter of converting
announcements by the
Narendra Modi Government
into action on the ground.
This has always been a prob-
lem. The Government makes
many attractive promises but
these promises fall flat on the
face whey they have to be
implemented. The various
assurances that this
Government has given could
meet a similar fate if the
authorities do not follow
them up with action. Modi
must ensure that the
Governments policies are
effectively implemented.
Raju
Beware of failure: The
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan
Yojana may not be the usual
sop that Governments are in
the habit of giving out to
appease people and present a
fake image of the regime being
pro-poor. At the same time,
the scheme can well fall into
the category if it fails to sustain
its purpose, which is that of
financial inclusion of the mar-
ginalised sections of our soci-
ety, especially in rural India.
Experts will then refer to the
scheme as a trick to win over
voters in the short term, with-
out the Government having the
inclination to ensure that the
benefits trickle down to the
people who have been target-
ed for the purpose.
Clearmind
Learn lessons: The Jan Dhan
Yojana is the NDA Governments
flagship programme, much like
the MGNREGA was of the
UPA1 regime. Narendra Modi
must learn from the mess that
the UPAs pet project became,
and not repeat the mistakes.
Keshav
GUESTCOLUMN
hA0EEM F FARAChA
Point is, oo we really neeo
a motl-eaten CB?
R
ecenlly mran Khan's slyle o seaking al his arly's rallies has
come under scruliny. Commenling on lhe more lhan a do/en
seeches lhal he has so ar delivered al Fakislan Tehreeke
nsa's anli0overnmenl J|arna (silin) in slamabad, his crilics are
o lhe view lhal he olen uses 'uncoulh language' and symbolism lo
demean his olilical oonenls; which, in lurn, urlher encourages
his many young suorlers lo adol similar allerns o seech in
social media where lhey are already nolorious or lheir |aJtamcczi
(illmannered ranls) and requenl bursls o exlelives.
Though Khan can cerlainly be censured or esousing a slyle o
seechmaking lhal is delrimenlal lo lhe ine arl o olilical oralory,
lhe lrulh is, he did nol inlroduce il in Fakislan.
Beore Zuliqar Ali Bhullo arrived on lhe scene in lhe lale 1OGOs,
olilical rallies and oralory in Fakislan were relly hohum aairs.
Bhullo changed all lhal by being willy and even a lillle wild al lhe
rallies lhal he addressed.
he convincingly mimicked lhe anlics o a reckless rabble rouser.
This was one o lhe reasons why Bhullo ullimalely managed lo make
his oonenls aear lislless and lacking in energy by comarison.
Bhullo would knock down lhe microhones in ronl o him and
ri oen his shirl and mock his oonenls or being sissies, unman
ly and sluid. his rallies became unique evenls as he layed lhe role
o an inloxicaled olilical ma|an (sirilual vagabond), who would
olen ridicule his oonenls in lhe mosl unabashed manner.
Bhullo's suorlers would resond by lurning his rallies inlo
carnivals o oulisl Sui songs, slogans and J|amaa| (imassioned
Sui dances).
Slung by Bhullo's anlics in lhis resecl, by lhe lale 1O7Os, many
o his oonenls decided lo gradually change lhe comlexion o
lheir rallies and oralory as well.
however, as Bhullo's oonenls umed u lhe drama aclor
and volume o lheir rallies (esecially during lhe 1O77 eleclion cam
aign), il was quile aarenl lhal lhey lacked lhe slreelsmarl wil
lhal Bhullo had maslered, lhough al limes he did end u sounding
jusl lain crude.
So, minus lhe wil, lhe now animaled rallies and seeches o lhe
anliBhullo/FFF arlies began lo sound more like loudly laid oul
fatwas lhan anylhing even
close lo whal Bhullo was u lo
in his galherings.
For examle, as Bhullo
lurned launling his oonenls
or lheir conservalism inlo an
arl orm, his oonenls in lheir
newly renovaled slyle o seak
ing, relalialed by lhuming lhe
dais and loudly denouncing
Bhullo's 'unslamic' ways,
calling him a drunkard and
a womaniser.
Aler 1O77, boislerous o
ulism became a mainslay in lhe
cullure o rallies o almosl all
arlies in Fakislan.
0lher ersuasive exonenls
o lhe Bhullo slyle were his
daughler, Bena/ir Bhullo, and
M0M chie Alla hussain.
Bena/ir maslered lhe arl aboul
seaking wilh assion even i
she couldn'l really come lo
gris wilh lhe wil. Alla hussain
gave lhe lechnique a lwisl by
using urban bourgeois man
nerisms wilh cocky Karachi
slreel lingo.
Bul nol all could lruly mas
ler lhis arl, and in less skilled
hands, drama degeneraled inlo
somelhing more debased and
crude. The rallies were loud,
yes, bul increasingly devoid o
wil and calering inslead lo lhe
lowesl inslincls.
Thal's whal we saw in lhe
Funjab in lhe rallies o hawa/
Shari and lhe slami Jamhoori
llehad jusl beore lhe 1O88
eleclion. To combal Bena/ir's
oulisl anlics and robusl ral
lies, lhe J irsl loaled obscene
lealels conlaining crudely engi
neered iclures o Bena/ir and
her molher in which lheir heads
were asled on lo lhe bodies o bikiniclad women.
Then newsaers reorled how during an J rally in Lahore,
some J leaders and workers had nol only used obscene language
againsl lhe lwo women, bul (as one eslablished urdu newsaer
reorled), some o lhese leaders also reorledly made 'crude,
obscene geslures'.
n olher words, lhe Bhullo lechnique when il crossed over and
was adoled by lhe Righlisls, mulaled inlo a jamboree o reac
lionary abuse. This was erhas due lo lhe reulsion lhe Righlisls
had ell walching oulisl olilicians like Bhullo and arlies like lhe
Fakislan Feole's Farly mocking middle and uermiddleclass
mannerisms al rallies cheered along by lhe ja|i| awam
(illilerale masses).
however, over lhe years, hawa/ Shari has greally loned down
his ways.
Today, even lhough lhe rallies o lhe FFF have largely relained
lheir raving and inebrialed characler, and M0M rallies conlinue lo be
conslanl rollercoasler rides o sudden luclualions belween sombre,
angry roars and oulisl, selarodying Karachi wil, il is lhe con
cel o bourgeois oulism in rallies lhal is making headlines.
0iven currency by oular lelevision lalk shows, lhis version
has grown (as exemliied by Fakislan Muslim League (hawa/) and
FT rallies during lhe camaigning o lhe 2O18 eleclion).
Though mran Khan now does manage lo inuse some humour
in his rheloric and in his enchanl o delivering lales o middleclass
moralily, il is slunning lo nole lhe ullerly kneejerk babble lhal so
unaologelically rolls oul rom many o his young ollowers who are
insired by Khan's bravado.
Bul FMLh's leadershi wasn'l so ar behind during lhe eleclion
camaigning as well.
Today, il is ralher inleresling lo nole lhal il is nol lhe awam lhal
is gelling all exciled by such gabble anymore. Ralher, il is lhe so
called educaled, urban middleclass youlh lhal is alauding away al
lhis rough jabber.
Mind you (and ralher ironically), lhis is lhe same seclion o
Fakislani sociely lhal olherwise ound men like Bhullo and Alla
hussain 'uncoulh'.
0curtcsy. Lawn
What we hear is
politically correct
bunk about freeing
the CB from
political
interference. Truth
is there is nothing
called an
independent
agency. t is very
much the
Government's job
to fight organised
inter-State crime
and bust scams
and for that it
needs an agency
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Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014
F E E D B A C K
The hA is lhere lo lackle organised inlerSlale and olher crime. Slrenglhen il, emower il. Reorm lhe Slale olice
orces. And simly abrogale lhe 0elhi Secial Folice Eslablishmenl Acl o 1O4G and lel CB cease lo exisl
Though mran Khan
can be censured for
espousing a style of
speech-making that
is detrimental to
the fine art of
political oratory, the
truth is, he did not
introduce it in
Pakistan. Before ZA
Bhutto arrived on
the scene in the
late 1960s, political
rallies in Pakistan
were pretty ho-hum
affairs. Bhutto
changed all that
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A
man from Oxfam was on television last weekend,
asking people to donate just 5 so that the charity
could help provide clean water to the displaced peo-
ple of South Sudan. Clean water, he explained, was some-
thing most of us took for granted, but there, only 30 per
cent of the population has access to it. A third of children
suffer from diarrhoea, cholera is barely controlled, while
hepatitis E and guinea-worm disease proliferate. Guinea-
worm disease, in case you were wondering, is rarely fatal,
but can cause ulcers, fever and vomiting for months, as the
larvae move through your intestines.
Sorry, have I put you off your breakfast?
Anyway, about half an hour later I was looking at
Facebook on my phone, when a friend, currently on a
business trip in India, posted a picture of himself beside
the pool of a five-star hotel, the kind where colonialism is
not just alive and well, but kicking.
He had asked for an ice bucket, but been denied it on
the grounds that pouring water over your head was not
appropriate behaviour at said establishment; he promised
that he would find a way round this and fulfil his charita-
ble nomination at a later date. I imagined the brave waiter
who had turned down his request, and smiled to myself
quietly. What a desperately ill child in South Sudan or
just around the corner from the hotel would do to be
doused in ice cold, clean water.
The ice-bucket challenge has been around for a month
now and shows no signs of cooling down (pardon the
pun). Even the most sensible of my friends have suc-
cumbed to its chilly charms, talking to camera about their
chosen charity and their nominations with all the profes-
sionalism of a Blue Peter presenter about to do a bungee
jump. Its kind of impressive how polished these videos
are; I never knew that so many of my friends were so
screen ready, so relaxed about the prospect of being
uploaded to YouTube as if they were performing cats.
But, then, nowadays, whats the point in doing some-
thing if you are not prepared to share it with your 536
Facebook friends or your 3,754 Twitter followers? Its the
tree falling in the woods theory, writ large: if you donate
money to charity but nobody sees it, did it really happen?
The ice-bucket challenge has been getting a lot of heat,
partly on the water wastage front, and partly because the
executives at the American charity that started it, the ALS
Association, have had their massive wages exposed like the
nipple of a freshly-drenched starlet. The charitys President
is on 200,000, its chief financial officer 120,000 and its
chief of public policy 110,000.
That does seem like a hell of a lot of money for a char-
ity that, even before the ice-bucket challenge, was making
15 million a year, but it seems silly to begrudge hard-
working fundraisers their wages while simultaneously cel-
ebrating all the millionaire film stars and models who, in
the name of a good cause, have done little more than get
their hair wet.
Plus, why pick on the architects of the ice-bucket chal-
lenge when they are only tapping in to the changing face
of charity? It used to be about doing good. Now its about
showing off.
Time was that people didnt talk about their charity
work for fear of appearing gauche, but now you cant move
on Facebook for screen grabs of texts proving acts of phil-
anthropy. Before we had the internet, people who wanted
to donate to a good cause had to fill out a standing order
form or write a cheque that no one bar an office adminis-
trator would see. Then along came Just Giving, a website
that allowed everyone to fund-raise, and, though it provid-
ed us with an anonymous button, hardly anyone bothered
to use it, instead choosing to display their fabulous largesse
alongside a message of support for all to marvel at.
At first it was just marathon runners and Everest-
scalers who used this exciting new website. But, before
long, friends were asking for sponsorship for everything
from piddly 5k runs to week-long holidays in Africa, the
excuse for a Mount Kilimanjaro climb or a paddle down
the Zambezi.
This year, the charitable challenge has truly made its
mark. Remember the no make-up selfie campaign,
which involved women posing without their mascara on
as if they were brave game-changers on a level with
Emmeline Pankhurst or Amelia Earhart? Though the lem-
ming-like uptake of this challenge earned a reported 8
million for cancer charities, there was something awkward
and uneasy about it all. It was vanity, pure and simple, and
even worse, it was dressed up as humility, as if going lip-
stick-free was somehow an act of solidarity, or even vague-
ly comparable to losing your hair through chemotherapy.
As with that campaign, every nomination I receive for
the ice-bucket challenge annoys me intensely because if
you dont do it, you end up looking mean-spirited and
nasty, even if youve spent your entire adult life quietly
donating half your wages to a homeless cats trust or vol-
unteering at the local soup kitchen.
Its bad enough being accosted on the high street by
out-of-work actors brandishing clipboards without being
chugged by all your friends, too. Donate to this! Give to
that! Its the equivalent of going to church and waving a
20 quid note in front of the whole congregation on your
way to the collection plate.
Maybe we shouldnt care how charities like the ALS
Association get their money, just as long as they get it. But
wouldnt it be nice if we all took it as read that we should
donate money every month to a charity we believe in,
without making a song and dance about it?
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T
here is a million dollar question
who will hold the command of the
anti-BJP campaign in the country?
Earlier, there was an anti-Congress
campaign and leaders of the Left par-
ties led them. In the same manner, there are
campaigns against the BJP. But interestingly, Left
parties are not coming to the fore to lead these.
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat and Polit
Bureau member Sitaram Yechury are not fit for
the role. CPIs former General Secretary AB
Bardhan is active, but his age and the position of
his party wont help him build confidence
among the regional kshatrapas.
This is why it is being said that former Chief
Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, can play this
role. Under the Congress leadership, he can
bring Samajwadi Party and the Left parties on
one platform to campaign against the BJP. He
has done this experiment in Bihar. He put his
image at stake and forged an alliance with the
RJD and Congress; soon he will bring the CPI
and CPM to the platform as well.
Nitish has also become active outside Bihar.
When he went to Mumbai to see an ailing Lalu
Prasad, he also met Congress General Secretary
Mohan Prakash, who was admitted in another
hospital at the time. Nitish can take a national
role in place of Sharad Yadav and can try to
build an anti-BJP alliance after talking to leaders
like Mamata Banerjee, Mulayam Singh Yadav,
Mayawati, Naveen Patnaik, Prakash Karat,
Karunanidhi and K Chandrashekhar Rao.
BJP, SHIV SENA TO FIGHT TOGETHER
In Maharashtra, the BJP and Shiv Sena will fight
elections together and the decades-old alliance
will continue. It doesnt matter whether Amit
Shah goes to Matoshree to meet Uddhav
Thackeray or not; it will not affect the alliance.
Earlier, BJP leaders went to Matoshree to pay
respects to Bal Thackeray, but things changed
after his death. Shah can meet Uddhav anywhere
to discuss the seat-sharing arrangement.
Reliable sources in the BJP say after Lok
Sabha results in Haryana, the party was in a
mood to part ways with Kuldeep Bishnoi. That is
the reason why Shah didnt meet him, and the
alliance was over. But this is not the case with
Shiv Sena. Before this, the BJP had not broken
the alliance in Bihar. Shah has given a clear cut
message to party leaders that Sena is an old ally
and has helped at the time of crisis. In reply to
this, Uddhav wrote in Saamana that Hindutva
was not the basis of alliance in Bihar and
Haryana. Both parties agree in-principle, so
there will not be any hassle for two or four seats.
SHORTAGE OF SPOKESPERSONS
It seems that the Congress is facing a shortage of
spokespersons. Very few leaders are coming
before the media and only two or three leaders
are active on Twitter to present the partys views
on important issues. When the Congress was in
power, many leaders held press conferences and
issued statements, but most of them are silent
now. Leaders like Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid
and P Chidambaram are giving few statements.
Only Anand Sharma, Abhishek Manu Singhvi
and Manish Tewari are available to the media.
One of the vocal spokespersons of the
Congress, the Twitter-friendly Dr Shakeel
Ahmad, is on foreign tour. That is why Ajay
Maken has temporarily been given charge of
Haryana. Another spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala is busy in elections in his State.
Assembly Elections are scheduled in Haryana
and he has to fight there. At the same time,
Surjewala is close to Bhupinder Singh Hooda,
which is why his responsibility increases.
Sandeep Dikshit is not being seen after Lok
Sabha results. In the past three and a half
months, he has given statements only once or
twice. Rita Bahuguna Joshi is also keeping away
from the media. The old faces, who put the
partys views on TV channels, are also out of the
scene. That is why, maybe, only BJP leaders are
being seen everywhere.
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON
Sonia and Rahul Gandhis perception about their
constituencies has changed drastically after Lok
Sabha Elections. It must be noted that the mar-
gin of Rahuls victory in the Lok Sabha Elections
had reduced in comparison to previous elec-
tions. BJPs Smriti Irani gave him a good fight.
At the same time, Kumar Vishwas had brought
the people out of their homes and persuaded
them to speak against Rahul. After that,
Congress leaders views about Raebareli and
Amethi have changed.
That is why when Sonia went to her con-
stituency this time, she roamed around on foot.
This was probably the first time, besides the
election campaign, when she met the general
public of her constituency and enquired about
their well-being. Before her, Rahul had also been
to his constituency and met the people. Reliable
sources of the Congress say the managers of
both constituencies have been instructed that
continuous contact must be established with vot-
ers. Iranis visit to Amethi made them more cau-
tious. Apart from this, it is being said that Sanjay
Singhs son Anant Vikram Singh might join the
BJP and fight against Rahul. This has also made
Congress leaders cautious.
POLITICS OVER GOVERNORS
The Congress is in no mood to stop politics on
Governors. First, the Congress high command
instructed all Governors appointed by the UPA
Government to not put in their papers, creating
a deadlock between the Centre and Governors.
Officers-turned-Governors started resigning but
the Congress leaders didnt put in their papers.
When Virendra Kataria and Kamal Beniwal were
removed, and K Sankaranarayanan and Sheila
Dikshit were targetted, only then the two
Governors resigned.
Now, when the Central Government is
appointing new Governors, Congress leaders are
saying it should be done in consultation with the
State Governments. First, Karnatakas CM
Siddharamaiah raised questions that he was not
consulted while appointing Vajubhai Vala as
Governor of the State. Then, Keralas CM
Oommen Chandy raised the same question
when P Sathasivam was appointed.
Though it is not binding on the Central
Government to consult the State Government at
the time of appointment of Governor, after the
Sarkaria Commission report, a tradition started
that the Central Government will take the advice
of State Governments while doing so. Even
Rajnath Singh had spoken to Mamata Banerjee
before appointing Keshari Nath Tripathi as the
Governor of West Bengal.
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SISs video editors have
carefully manipulated
colour and screen size to
make Barack Obama look as
haggard as possible in their
recent productions.
The two videos disclos-
ing the murders of James
Foley and Steven Sotloff dis-
play ISISs mastery of com-
plex editing and animation
techniques. Both produc-
tions set out to denigrate
Obama and present a narra-
tive that blames him for the
deaths of the two journalists.
Comparing the two
videos shows how ISIS has
improved its techniques
but the terrorist filmmakers
still remain capable of basic
mistakes.
The videos share the
same structure: they begin
with clips of Obama order-
ing air strikes and then cut
to a scene of the hostage
kneeling in the desert and
denouncing America. They
conclude with the black-
clad ISIS terrorist announc-
ing in an English accent that
the captive will now be
killed.
But there are important
differences. In the first
video, Obama is shown
speaking for 86 seconds.
The editor has introduced
some white streaks across
the screen, like an old VHS
tape, to lend a tired and
dated feel to the Presidents
appearance. But the impact
is reduced by the fact that
Obama speaks before a
spotless wall of white mar-
ble and the Presidential flag.
In the second video, the
editor pays Obama a back-
handed compliment by
going to far greater lengths
to make him look wearied
and careworn.
First of all, the clip of
the President speaking is
reduced to only 22 seconds.
Then the editor has exploit-
ed the fact that Obama is
shown not against a back-
drop of marble, but a blue
curtain and an American
flag. That allows the colour
grade to be artfully manipu-
lated, making both the cur-
tain and the flag look frayed
and washed out. In the same
way, Obamas blue jacket is
made to appear as a funereal
black. His strands of grey
hair are picked up and exag-
gerated. The editor has also
caused an interlacing effect
of black lines to run across
the Presidents white shirt.
For good measure, he has
carefully stretched the
screen lengthways in order
to make Obama appear thin
and gaunt.
To achieve these
effects, you would need to
know what you are doing,
explained Alice Wagstaffe,
the senior filmmaker for
Telegraph Media Group. Its
not the work of a beginner:
its the work of a profession-
al or a semi-professional
editor.
But the video crew film-
ing still make mistakes
either as a result of haste or
relative inexperience. When
the hostages deliver their
scripted statements, both
are simultaneously filmed
by two cameras, one in front
and another to the side.
In the second video,
however, the camera filming
Sotloff from the side is over-
exposed. The operator has
also forgotten to synchro-
nise the white balance of the
two cameras. When filmed
from the front, Sotloff s
orange robe and the black
clothes of his murderer look
sharp and clear. From the
side, however, the picture is
obscured by the suns glare.
For all their undoubted
sophistication, ISISs video-
makers are still learning.
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CULTURE LANE
A
series of high-profile stars includ-
ing Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna
and Jenny McCarthy have fallen
victim to one of the biggest celebrity pri-
vacy breaches in history, resulting in
photographs and videos apparently
showing them in the nude being widely
circulated on the internet. The pho-
tographs of mainly female celebrities
were shared online after an anonymous
hacker using the name Tristan posted
what was claimed were authentic images
on the 4chan website, an online message
board used for sharing pictures.
Some of the celebrities targetted
immediately said the images were fake,
while others confirmed their veracity
and said they had been taken in pri-
vate and had never been shared.
The 4chan website quickly
removed the hackers posts, but a
screenshot of the list of hacked celebri-
ties included pop star Avril Lavigne
and actors Kirsten Dunst, Aubrey
Plaza and Winona Ryder, while
experts have warned that more images
could emerge over time. Other alleged
victims include the models Candice
Swanepoel, Cara Delevingne and Kelly
Brook, and the TV host Cat Deeley.
A number of photographs, includ-
ing images of Lawrence, have been cir-
culating on file-sharing and image-
sharing sites. The hacker also posted
images of his computer desktop, which
included what appeared to be an
image of Lawrence.
A
lost chapter of Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, deemed too
wild, subversive and insuffi-
ciently moral for the tender minds of
British children almost 50 years ago,
has been published for the first time.
The chapter with new illustrations
by Sir Quentin Blake was found among
Roald Dahls papers after his death. It
was chapter five in one of many early
drafts of the book, one of the best-
loved childrens books, but was cut
from the version first published in the
US in 1964 and in the UK in 1967.
In the chapter Charlie Bucket
accompanied by his mother, not his
sprightly grandfather and the other
children are led into the Vanilla Fudge
Room, where they face the sinister
prospect of the Pounding and Cutting
Room. In the centre of the room
there was an actual mountain, a colos-
sal jagged mountain as high as a five-
storey building, and the whole thing
was made of pale-brown, creamy,
vanilla fudge, the chapter reads.
All the way up the sides of the
mountain, hundreds of men were
working away with picks and drills,
hacking great hunks of fudge out of
the mountainside... as the huge hunks
of fudge were pried loose, they went
tumbling and bouncing down the
mountain and when they reached the
bottom they were picked up by cranes
with grab-buckets, and the cranes
dumped the fudge into open wagons.
The chapter reveals the original
larger cast of characters, and their fates,
as well as the original names of some of
those who survived into later drafts.
L
indsay Lohan has been accused of
seeking publicity by the makers
of Grand Theft Auto after the
actor sued, claiming the video game
breaches her image rights. Take-Two
Interactive Software and subsidiary
Rockstar Games described the suit as
frivolous and demanded that a New
York judge dismiss Lohans case, which
was filed in July over an alleged like-
ness to the character Lacey Jonas.
Lohan complains that her image
and persona have been wrongfully
used by Take-Two in the video game
Grand Theft Auto V, but her claim is
so legally meritless that it lacks any
good-faith basis, and can only have
been filed for publicity purposes, the
defendants said in court papers filed
on August 20. They also noted that
Lohan recently lost a legal battle
against the rapper Pitbull for using her
name in lyrics, and argued that the
two cases were similar.
Lacey Jonas is described as a famous
actor and minor character in Grand
Theft Auto V, which was released in
September 2013. Players meet Jonas in
an alley in downtown Vinewood
where she is hiding from the paparazzi.
She asks to be driven home and, during
the ride, Jonas complains about the
problems of being famous and reveals
she is anorexic. The character bears a
strong physical resemblance to Lohan,
especially on the front cover of the
Grand Theft Auto game, where the char-
acter appears holding a mobile phone.
Lohan claimed Rockstar used her
voice, image and outfits from her
clothing label without permission.
A
ny little girl toddling about
unaided for the first time is
an adorable sight. But when
the child is three, and only
now able to walk freely like
others her age, thanks to a life-saving
heart operation, that simple movement is
incredibly emotional to watch. Add in
the fact that she is joyously waddling
about on real grass for the first time, and
picking leaves from west London shrub-
bery not crawling around bomb
craters full of concrete dust and twisted
metal in a war zone. Meet Hala al-
Massri, the miracle child of Gaza.
Three weeks ago, Hala was barely
alive. Born with a serious congenital
heart defect that prevented oxygen pass-
ing round her body, she was surviving
just. She and her family were staying in a
UN shelter in the Palestinian enclave that
was under daily bombardment. Today,
she is recovering after a successful opera-
tion at the Royal Brompton Hospital in
London, giggling and playing, munching
cheese sandwiches, looking for all the
world like any healthy child.
Her skin is still pale, and she tires eas-
ily, but the international mercy mission
sparked by a news bulletin that revealed
her plight, and carried out by the charities
Chain of Hope, the Palestinian Childrens
Relief Fund and the International Red
Cross, has been a huge success. Talk to
Halas mother, 36-year-old Mahdeya
Abdullah and you understand how des-
perate the situation had been, and how
remarkable the outcome.
Four weeks ago, I couldnt see a
future for any member of my family, let
alone Hala, she tells me in Arabic, trans-
lated by 22-year-old Joann Khatib, and
her sister Bana, 17. Their parents, Sami
and Wesam Khatib, host families in need
for Chain of Hope, the charity set up by
eminent British heart surgeon Prof Sir
Magdi Yacoub. I prayed every day and
night that we would be spared by the
bombs. I lived in constant fear for my
family. Mahdeya and her husband
Majid, 32, have three other children:
Saja, four, Mazen, six, and Waroud, 12.
Life in Gaza before the war began at
the start of July had been tough by any
standard. Majid does not work as he has
health problems he had heart surgery
at 15 in Jordan (Halas condition may be
genetic, explains Mahdeya), and Waroud
is disabled, too. The family survived on
handouts, living in a two-room home
made of corrugated iron. But the chil-
dren went to school; an opportunity
Mahdeya did not have.
Halas heart condition was diagnosed
about 20 days after she was born. She
was constantly tired, had difficulty eat-
ing, and sometimes breathing. Every
time I left the room, she would cry. We
were all frightened for her.
Mahdeya was told she would have to
join a waiting list for charitable surgery
in Israel or America. In the meantime,
she was given an oxygen tank for Hala to
use daily, and was told to bring her in for
regular check-ups. Then war broke out.
What was daily life like under bombard-
ment? There was no life. It was all tears
and shouts and bombs, and being scared.
At the beginning of August, we were
advised to leave our homes, and we were
offered a space at a UN school in Jabila.
We left in just our clothes. Two days
later, Majid went back home. He said:
Ill either come back with some more
childrens clothes, or not at all. When he
returned, all he brought was news our
home had been destroyed by a bomb.
We had lost everything.
Mahdeya is remarkably calm, she is
neither angry nor bitter. So many peo-
ple have died, both in Palestine and
Israel, she says. I couldnt see it would
ever be resolved, that we would be a
community ever again. I still cant imag-
ine what life will be like from now on.
At the UN shelter, food (meat,
cheese, milk) was rationed. Each family
was assigned a part of a classroom and
that human need to feel normal
the mother would try her best to clean
and dust it. Wed take it in turns to clean
the communal stairs.
At night, the family slept on two
mattresses side by side; one night, a rock-
et hit the classroom they were sleeping
in. The bomb hit the school and every-
one jumped up and ran around, kids and
adults shouting, dashing through the
stairs to shelter. My first reaction was to
grab my children, hug them and reassure
them it was OK, but in my head, I
thought: This is our time.? Not surpris-
ingly, Mahdeya says she never really
slept. One of her greatest worries was the
lack of oxygen for Hala; she wasnt
allowed to leave the shelter to get the
cylinder topped up, so Hala was becom-
ing increasingly listless as it ran out.
Medics locally knew she was in a critical
condition, but any attempt to get her out
of the war zone was deemed impossible.
Then the Channel 4 News presenter
Krishnan Guru-Murthy was alerted to
her problem and made an emotional
broadcast from Gaza. Suddenly, there
was international (and multi-faith) co-
operation; the Israelis arranged safe pas-
sage to Jordan, where Hala and her
mother were placed on a flight to
London. The journey took three days.
Hala nearly died on the flight.
I was so glad to go, says Mahdeya,
but it was hard to leave the rest of the
family behind. Never having been out-
side Gaza before, she was really quite
terrified here, it is so different.
One of the charity workers tells me
that Mahdeya was shaking constantly in
the early days, and that she was horrified
when she heard a police siren go by.
Hala was getting more poorly every
day, so the operation was brought for-
ward and took place 12 days ago. Her
condition was diagnosed as Tetralogy of
Fallot, one of the most common congen-
ital heart defects in children. Hala was
suffering from decreased blood flow to
the lung; a hole between the two ventri-
cles in the heart; displacement of the
aorta; and increased thickness of the
right ventricle.
Surgery took four hours as paedi-
atric heart surgeon Prof Francois
Lacour-Gayet closed the hole with a
patch and enlarged the pulmonary
artery. Even as she came round from the
anaesthetic, Hala began to look better.
Her lips had been blue through lack of
oxygen, but were now a healthy pink. I
was screaming with happiness, shouting
and crying with joy, admits her mother.
But even as Mahdeya dared to
believe her youngest child would survive,
she admits her joy was tempered with
fear for the rest of the family. Mother and
daughter should be ready to leave UK in
a weeks time, and soon Hala will
be running around after her
siblings and getting into
mischief like any other child.
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n the latest controversy
of the internet sensation,
a grandfather in the US is
being investigated for
making his 10-month-
old granddaughter
take the ice bucket
challenge.
In a video
posted to
Facebook earli-
er this week,
Reggie Stewart
from Houston,
Texas
announced:
Ive been
called out for
the ALS Ice
Bucket
Challenge, and my
granddaughter is
going to do it with
me. He then dumped
a bucket of
freezing
water on
himself and the child.
Claude Dalcour, the girls father,
said he has reported the video to the
local authorities who have since visited
Stewarts home to investigate the
childs welfare. The Texas Department
of Children and Family have also been
contacted.
Dalcour, who is separated from
the girls mother, told local news
station Fox26: I was shocked,
appalled. It brought me to
tears. Its abuse because my
daughter is an infant. She
doesnt know whats going on.
Stewart has not been
charged with any crime. He has
since removed the video from
his page.
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P
olice say a New Jersey fam-
ilys dog turned on the
stove, which set the laptop resting on
the burner on fire and sent smoke
through the roof.
The fire was reported
last week in Lacey
Township while the owners were
away. Police believe the dog acciden-
tally turned on the stove, though they
didnt specify how that occurred.
Police say heat from the stove
eventually burned a laptop computer
that had been left on top of the appli-
ance. Smoke was emanating from the
roof when firefighters arrived, but the
blaze was quickly extinguished.
Firefighters rescued the dog, which
emerged unscathed.
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A
22-year-old Arizona man calling
himself Dark Lord has been
arrested for allegedly burning a Bible
and urinating on it outside a
Christian-oriented homeless shelter in
northern Arizona, police said last
week.
Eric Minerault was booked into
the Yavapai County Detention Center
on suspicion of one count of
unlawful symbol burning
stemming from the incident
at the Gospel Rescue Mission,
Prescott police spokesman Lieutenant
Ken Morley said.
Police were called to the scene at
about 9 pm by a mission representative
reporting that someone was burning
something on the missions front steps,
Morley said. Officers found Minerault
standing on the steps, with a burned
and wet Bible on the ground near him.
He quickly admitted to the act.
He told officers the mission was
selected because he believed it was a
place of Christian worship and he was
cursing the Christians, police said.
Asked why, officers reported that
he said because he was the Dark
Lord. Minerault was clad in black and
was wearing a black-and-red robe and
a pentagram necklace.
He remained at the detention cen-
ter last Friday afternoon on the misde-
meanor charge, sheriff s officials said.
Dan Pochoda, legal director for
the American Civil Liberties Union of
Arizona, said the arrest raises ques-
tions as to whether Mineraults First
Amendment freedom of speech rights
were violated.
But Pochoda, who was not
familiar with the charge cited,
said courts have upheld laws that
bar symbols like crosses from
being burned.
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A
woman whose last name
is Crispi has been
accused of trying to burn
down her ex-
boyfriends house
by intentionally
leaving a pound of
bacon on the stove.
Crispi is alleged to have
purposely left the meat on a
lit burner. Police said the
32-year-old from Vernal,
Utah called and sent text
messages to her former flame through-
out the alleged incident, compelling
him to call 911.
On arrival, officers found smoke
streaming out of the front door,
hot coals on the floor and a
pound of severely burned bacon
inside the property.
A police report said of the inci-
dent: I asked to come in and observed
a wood stove
left open with a
fire burning inside
and hot coals on
the floor around
the stove.
I observed the
burner to be on the
setting high and
the bacon to be
severely
burned
and
smok-
ing
badly.
Crispi,
who was four
times over the
legal drink-driving
limit, will stand trial
on charges of arson
and burglary when
she returns to court
in October.
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O D D L Y E N O U G H
Hala's condition
was diagnosed as
Tetralogy of Fallot,
one of the most
common congenital
heart defects in kids.
She had decreased
blood flow to the
lung; a hole between
two ventricles in the
heart; displacement
of aorta; as well as
increased thickness
of the right ventricle
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will cite multiple examples in
which we will see that we do
have knowledge about certain
things but we dont practise them.
Why is that? Because we lack reali-
sation that they are useful. Starting
with the example of being truthful,
how many of us are entirely truth-
ful? Unfortunately, the number will
be very small. Why is that? Dont
we know that being untruthful
may give advantages in the short
run, but ultimately the truth comes
out and we are punished. The
worst part is that we teach our
young impressionable children the
habit of lying. When they see us
lying, they do the same. Not only
are we hurting ourselves by lying,
we condemn our children to the
habit of lying.
Let us take another example.
From our childhood, we are taught
to be disciplined. Fortunately,
many are disciplined and they suc-
ceed in life. The ones who are not,
dont have to look very far. One of
the main reasons for their failure is
lack of discipline in their lives.
Let us take the example of bad
habits like heavy drinking, smok-
ing, gambling, etc. Dont we all
know that these are extremely
harmful? But the worst part is that
we are helplessly attracted towards
these, and we dont seriously try to
stop ourselves. Someone offers us
a drink and knowing well what
this could lead to, we dont refuse.
Same goes for smoking and gam-
bling. We just do not wish to think
of their long-term consequences.
This is like an insect getting help-
lessly attracted to a fire.
What about being jealous?
Does it give any benefit whatsoev-
er? The person or persons we are
jealous of may not even know that
we are harbouring such negative
feelings towards them. They are
certainly not getting hurt while we
burn ourselves internally.
Being lusty brings no benefits
whatsoever. Whether it is in the
matter of eating, drinking or in the
matter of sensuous pleasures. They
all bring unthinkable misery only.
What is the major cause of illness-
es and obesity?
When we have no control over
what we eat, we get in trouble. Less
said the better in the matter of
illicit sensuous pleasures. How
many families have been ruined
because of this? But we dont learn.
We feel we can get away with it.
Nobody does.
Avoiding anger is another
good example. Does it benefit any-
one? The one who loses control
over oneself hurts himself or her-
self as anger produces many harm-
ful toxins in the body. The one
who is recipient of such anger feels
hurt and may retaliate leading to
even physical fights. The last
example is that of being greedy.
How many have destroyed their
lives in not being satisfied with
what they have achieved, which is
good enough to sustain them? The
number is significantly large, but
we dont learn.
Then, what should we do? Yes,
it is important to gain knowledge
but it is more important to act
upon it, otherwise such knowledge
remains theoretical only. We
should make sincere efforts to
inculcate good habits. It is not
going to be easy but can be done
with some effort. Advantages of
doing so are enormous.
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W
e have celebrated one more Teachers Day.
But the question what makes a good
teacher remains unanswered. While
there may be many views, the one quality often
sought in teachers is the leadership quality.
And there is a reason teachers, like leaders, are
supposed to influence behaviour. How to do that.
No easy answers, yet, some broad but clear enough
guidelines, rather cues can be picked up by our
experiences.
If the time machine would have been a reality
this would have been easy. But, H G Wells, neverthe-
less deserves credit. He was rightly aware that even if
his time machine is not a real mechanical device to
help us travel back in time, human beings do have
the ability to travel down the memory lane. Only this
ability is subject to individual differences. Not all can
travel as far and as easily as others. But we all have a
memory that can help us reflect in the past with rea-
sonable alacrity.
And to talk about the leadership skills for teach-
ers, I would like to travel down the memory lane, 45
long years ago. My school, that is the place I would
like to take the readers to. And for a valid reason.
Teaching is both an art and a science. This science
has undergone a sea change with the introduction of
new technologies and ideas, but the art has retained
its character. And rightly so because the basic pur-
pose of teaching remains the same to transform
personalities and influence behaviours. How effec-
tively a teacher can do this will depend on his ability
to impact the personalities of the students. If the ear-
lier teachers could do this, the present ones can also.
Any prescriptions? No. Only a subscription. To the
basic philosophy of teaching create a better new
generation.
To quote Robert Browning: Progress is the law
of life, man is not man yet. As I enter the corridors
of my school building, through the recesses of my
mind, a tall Americans image emerges from the far
end of the corner Fr George A Hess. The person
who epitomises the teacher leader for me. For the
years I was in school, not a single day, when he was
present, would pass without being impacted by his
personality. The person who talked less, yet spoke
volumes. The person who spoke softly, yet gave loud
and clear messages. The person who punished us, yet
we accepted with a smile. The person who had the
authority, yet never had to use it for disciplining us.
How could he do it? No easy answers. But that he
did it is proof enough that teachers can do it.
Apart from our parents, our teachers have the
greatest impact on our lives. This impact facilitates
learning. And this learning must bring the desired
change. Teaching is not enough. Mere informing will
not help. The goal of teaching is not to stuff infor-
mation, it is to illuminate minds. Transforming is
required; transforming the personality. The best way
is walking the talk as Gandhi ji had said, to be the
change that we want to see in the world.
Teaching was a mission. It became a profession.
Let it be mission. Remember the words of William
Arthur Ward: The mediocre teacher tells. The good
teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
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ageing, lhe ruil can hel
in many ways, suggesls
wren holmes, brand man
ager o urban veda. Skin
nulrilion is vilal al lackling
one o lhe biggesl causes
o aging: ree radical dam
age, and omegranales
are righlly known as
sueroods or lheir
anlioxidanl conlenl. hol
only is omegranale anli
inlammalory and high in
essenlial ally acids, il has
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lale Keralinocyle skin
cells, which hel wilh cel
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il a anlaslic anliaging
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cienlisls have develoed
a asl, reliable and inex
ensive melhod lo diag
nose malaria lhal uses
magnelic ield lo delecl lhe
arasile's wasle roducls in
lhe blood o inecled
alienls. 0ver lhe asl sev
eral decades, malaria diag
nosis has changed very lil
lle. Aler laking a blood
samle rom a alienl, a
lechnician smears lhe
blood across a glass slide,
slains il wilh a secial dye,
and looks under a micro
scoe or lhe Flasmodium
arasile, which causes lhe
disease. This aroach
gives an accurale counl o
how many arasiles are in
lhe blood, bul lhere is
olenlial or human error. A
research leam rom lhe
SingaoreMT Alliance or
Research and Technology
has claimed lo have come
u wilh a ossible allerna
live. l has devised a way lo
use Magnelic Resonance
Relaxomelry lo delecl a
arasilic wasle roducl in
lhe blood o alienls.

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id you know that fasting
gives your body and
mind a chance to break
out of a pattern and give
it a new direction? It is a
gift to an overburdened body and an
overindulged mind. Fasting is indeed
a denial of the physical needs of the
body and the emotional cravings of
the mind. The tendency of the human
mind is to draw patterns and get stuck
to it. While following a pattern is a
sign of self-discipline, it has its down-
side too. When it involves food and
eating, it often makes us forget that
we ought to be eating to live and not
the other way around. The body
needs only so much for sustenance
and the stomach can hold only so
much, but the senses continue to
crave, and we continue to feed those
cravings. Hence, fasting gives a
chance to the body and mind to break
out of a pattern and give it a new
direction.
WhY Ik8T Ih hkVkTk8?
This is the most important question
that needs to be answered logically
and scientifically. The general idea is
for the fulfillment of all desires and
a way to appease the Goddess. In the
Hindu religion and culture, it is also
considered to be a part of the reli-
gious rituals. For example, those
who wish for a child, beget a child;
those who wish for wealth get
wealth. Those who wish for educa-
tion get education. Those who are
sick, get rid of their diseases, etc. It
is also believed by many that fasting
during Navratras makes a person
free from all bondages. Devotees
fasting during Navratras believe that
all their sins would get washed and
they would become free from wor-
ries, as a blessing from the Goddess,
making their lives peaceful, happier
and prosperous.
Ik8TIh ThE kYVEI6 WkY
Ayurveda favours regular and short-
term fasting, depending on individual
constitutions and cleansing require-
ments. The ancient science of
Ayurveda has spoken elaborately of
the merits of fasting. According to
this ancient discipline, fasting is an
effective way to kindle the digestive
fire and burn away accumulated tox-
ins from the body and mind. It also
eliminates gas, lightens the body,
improves mental clarity, provides a
clean tongue and fresh breath, and
preserves overall health. However, it
also does not recommend infrequent
and long-term fasting that could
deplete bodily tissues and create
imbalance in the constitution. It
favours regular and short-term fast-
ing, which could be on the same day
each week, or setting aside a few days
each month, all depending on indi-
vidual constitutions and cleansing
requirements.
There is an increasing support for
fasting by the scientific community
and those who are health-conscious.
This is because there is an overcon-
sumption of salt in our diets today
than the normal requirements of the
body. This can be seen in the
increased incidence of water retention
in the body, a major factor for hyper-
tension and cardiovascular problems.
Fasting helps the body desalt.
Fasting, if done properly, has
another major advantage. It is a kind
of ritual that can purify the body and
mind and develop the pure qualities
of detachment and equanimity.
Whether it is done as a part of a reli-
gious sacrament or a part of a
penance, or as a mark of worship,
fasting can only give benefits. Fasting
helps create an atonement with the
Absolute by establishing a harmo-
nious relationship between the body
and the soul. It nourishes the physical
and spiritual demands necessary for
overall health.
hM8 T 88EVE Ik8T8
Fasting has to be done with an enor-
mous sense of responsibility. There
are norms as to who should and
should not be observing fast. The very
young, the old and infirm, pregnant
and nursing mothers should be
extremely cautious when it comes to
choosing to fast. Besides these norms,
it is also important how fasting
should be observed so that we are able
to make the most of this practice.
TIF8 I II8TTIME8
Just as there is a yogic way of eating,
there is a yogic way of fasting. For
many, fasting is a new and, hence, a
very challenging exercise. It is best
that the new initiates start with a sin-
gle-day fasting just to test the waters.
If they are used to three meals a day,
they could start with one meal of
grains and vegetables during lunch
and then just restrict themselves to
water and juices during the rest of the
day. Its also important that those who
want to fast choose the kind of fast
it could be a water fast, a fruit juice
fast or a vegetable juice fast. But to
avoid dehydration, one should con-
sume at least seven to eight glasses of
fluids every day. A cardinal rule, to
absorb all the prana (life-force ener-
gy) from the foods, is to drink fluids
very slowly.
Fruits and nuts are ideal for the
system during long fasting periods.
Juices that are fresh and sugar free
along with plenty of water is extremely
important to prevent dehydration and
constipation. This will keep the mind
light and easy and enable better quali-
ty of prayer or worship. For instance,
after 21 days of fasting, Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi, the Father of
our Nation called this 21 days of
uninterrupted prayer. He said, There
is no prayer without fasting.
Yk, MEITkTIh Ih Ik8T8
For many, fasting brings about a psy-
chological tiredness and reluctance to
engage in any form of exercise. This is
not a desirable attitude. Mild exercise
is crucial during fasting. Gentle, flow-
ing, meditative and ballet-like move-
ments of yoga are ideal during fasting.
Hence to contemplate peacefully and
worship Goddess Durga, the epitome
of strength, power and goodness,
especially during Navratras, lets
observe fasting the right way with
correct awareness, joy and incorpo-
rate light exercise, yoga and medita-
tion every day to enjoy its merits.
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The body needs only so much or suslenance and lhe slomach can hold only so much,
bul lhe senses conlinue lo crave and we conlinue lo eed lhose cravings. Fasling
hels lhe body break oul o a allern, says vASTuShASTR KhuSh0EEF BAhSAL
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Jle goal of teacling is not
to stuff information, it is to
illuminate stuoents` minos
ano transform ersonalities
Feast f0r h04y, s00I
Knowleoge ano realisation
l is imorlanl lo gain knowledge bul il is more imorlanl lo acl uon il, says AJT KuMAR BShh0
You are likely lo be exciled lhis week. The
excilemenl which demands your lime, aclion and
money. 0on'l ignore your heallh amidsl all lhese.
Regular resl, diel and slee are as much required
and you should ollow a slricl reslriclion in lhis
area o lie. Aler all heallh is weallh! A balance
will be solely needed belween work and ersonal
lie. Manage your emolions and remain sloic. n
career equi yoursel wilh good reading,
underslanding and awareness. l is nol humanly
ossible lo do everylhing and be everywhere
yoursel. This is a good lime lo gel involved wilh
grous even i you don'l lhink o yoursel as a
grou erson, as you will ind lhal you have
much lo learn rom lhem in a very osilive way.
Iurky number 4, 7
Iurky roIour Yellow
Iurky day Thursday
8IF8 March 21-April 20
Be an aclive arlicianl in your medical lrealmenl.
you've symloms lhal are conusing, lake
second or lhird oinion. weslern, homoeoalhy,
ayurvedic and even naluroalh cure can hel in
lheir own dislinguished way. Educale yoursel
beore you lake a inal decision. You can deeen
your sirilual awareness and raclice by aclively
seeking oul new sources o inormalion and
insighl. Aclive medilalions are useul. This is an
excellenl lime lo ursue any aclivily lhal requires
menlal concenlralion. 0ood lhings are heading
your way and you musl sle u and make lhe
mosl o lhe oorlunilies. 0el involved in lhe
aclivilies lhal will challenge you lo do your besl.
Chances are lhal lhe oulcome will be osilive.
Iurky number 5, 8
Iurky roIour havy blue
Iurky day Salurday
I0808 April 21-May 21
This week makes you eel relroseclive and
lhinking aboul asl ailures. ward o any negalive
allilude lhal crees in and you will slowly come lo
realise lhal now is a good lime or conlemlalion.
you are acing heallh roblems, lhere is a need
or you lo have a lrusled arlnershi wilh a healer
lhal you can work well logelher wilh. l is also
very imorlanl lo kee a osilive allilude and be
suorlive o good heallh. Things will be moving
along well, and you'll be eeling hoeul aboul lhe
ulure wilh good cause. A new source o income
is likely lo emerge. 0ains rom arenlal roerly
are on lhe cards. whal is haening now or in lhe
immediale ulure will be a direcl resull o whal you
have done in lhe asl.
Iurky number 2, 7
Iurky roIour 0rey
Iurky day Friday
6FMI8I May 22-June 21
Faligue, weariness, and lack o energy can
overower you lhis week. Creale your own
slruclures and design a lie rom your own
imaginalion. Temlalions o alcohol, drugs, and
meaningless leasure seeking; gambling and olher
escaes rom realily may allracl you lhis week.
You may be alling oul o louch wilh realily. l'll
hel lo nol believe in lhe alse assumlions. Aim
high, bul don'l have execlalions o yoursel or
olhers lhal can'l be ossibly mel. 0o your work
wilh alience and wilh slamina and il will ay o
in lhe long run. how is a good lime lo slarl
somelhing new. You will gel suorl rom lhose
around you i you are willing lo be a bil more
sociable lhan usual.
Iurky number 1, 4
Iurky roIour while
Iurky day Monday
080F8 June 22-July 22
You are moderale and sensilive in your
aroach lo lie. heallh remains good and you
will enjoy every bil o il. There is love,
comassion; concern and heallhy bonding lhal
lay vilal role or your heallh. Mainlain il. You
are syslemalic and hard working and know lhe
disciline and ils beneils. Reading and crealive
ursuils, bolh menlal and hysical, kee you
busy and ensure good heallh loo! Some
conlicls, challenges are aboul lo come your
way. 0on'l overreacl or disresecl. you're
looking or work, you're in lhe osilion lo
resenl yoursel well. Your inlellecl will ay you
well, bul lhe sharness o your longue and
crilical behaviour mighl nol be welcomed.
Iurky number 5, O
Iurky roIour Lighl brown
Iurky day Tuesday
I860 Aug 24-Sept 23
Embarking uon a sirilual journey is indicaled,
because lhings are nol as er your salisaclion.
Those who are acing serious ailmenls are
disaoinled. All eorls o cure and medical
allenlion are no more so eeclive. This is a
molivalion or you lo make a radical change
wilh your currenl silualion. Look around al
lhose closesl lo you lhal may wake you u rom
a slale o morose. You eel uncomorlable al
work lhis week; i you are execling
comassion o lhe seniors, lhis will be a dream.
Your boss or coworker will nol suorl hence
sharing good raorl wilh lhem is unlikely. As
lhe week rogresses lhings are likely lo be
imroving al work, and so will your image.
Iurky number G, 8
Iurky roIour 0ark ink
Iurky day Thursday
lI88 Sept 24-Oct 23
Chances are good lhal you've been working loo
hard or behaving loo inlensely. There is a beasl
inside in all o us which causes unresl. 0ive
yoursel and lhe olhers around you a break,
your rayed nerves demand il. Silence and resl
work wonders. you've slarled a new workoul
regime, don'l ush yoursel loo hard. You have
also been ignoring your sirilual side. Exlore
sirilual belie syslems lhal inleresl you. There
will be good ossibilily or inancial beneils in
lhe orm o erks/incremenl, arrears or hike in
salary. you are looking or work, you will ind
a new job soon. A romolion maybe headed
your way. You and your work are arecialed
and you should see signs o lhis soon.
Iurky number 7, O
Iurky roIour Black
Iurky day Sunday
8008FI0 Oct 24-Nov 22
You are calm and eaceul lhough in ain. You
believe in selhealing. You are in a hase where
you can lrusl yoursel more lhan a healer. Be
sure lhal you are suorling yoursel as besl
you can wilh diel, exercise, and
vilamins/minerals. Medilalion, yoga, Franayam
or joining some course like Reiki, Arl o living
elc will be beneicial or you. You need lime and
sace lo gel in louch wilh your soul and lhe
universal energies around. Travel is indicaled,
some quick decisions mighl be required or
smoolh sailing o business. Money will be
coming in soon, and l could come rom
anywhere. Kee your nose lo lhe grindslone
and don'l bel more lhan you can aord lo lose.
Iurky number 5, 7
Iurky roIour Maroon
Iurky day Salurday
008I08 Jan 21-Feb 19
You need lo bring balance among body, mind,
and siril lo remain osilive in lie. we do nol
creale every symlom or illness, bul heallh is
almosl always made worse when our lhinking
is negalive or anxious. Find hel i you need.
Come oul rom bondage and reslricled
menlalily. You will ind a comlele and new
alh lhal will ill you wilh new hoes in lie.
You will be eeling ambilious and goal
orienled, and urlhermore, you will have lhe
delerminalion lo accomlish whal you have in
mind. Think osilively. A good message is on
lhe card. There may be lravel, journey on
accounl o work or reresenlalion or which
you have been wailing since long.
Iurky number 2, 7
Iurky roIour Feach
Iurky day wednesday
FI80F8 Feb 20-March 20
heallh may nol be as good as you had hoed.
Those suering rom serious ailmenls consider
allernalive healing melhods loo. 0on'l be araid
lo call on all healing energies you can lhink o:
Tanlra, Manlra, remedial measures, occull
sciences, anceslors, and your higher ower, 0od.
There is much more lo lie lhan whal meels lhe
eye, and miracles haen every day. You have lo
be sure lhal you are doing your arl. There may
be windall or sudden luck which will bring
changes in your career. There may be an oer or
a good job/or aearing in an inlerview which
would be or your beneil. You are likely lo gel a
new line allogelher in your career. So be
reared, lhis could be challenging loo.
Iurky number 8, 8
Iurky roIour violel
Iurky day Friday
0F8I0088 Dec 24-Jan 20
you have heallh challenges, medical
disciline, order, and commilmenl are lhe
ways lo go aboul il. You may ollow lradilional
lheraeulic, yoga, medilalion. You are very
much concerned wilh sirilualily now. Make
lime once in a day, week or monlh lo kee you
in balance and comosed, and lo allow your
siril some lime lo exand. You will see
changes in your lie and oullook as a resull o
giving yoursel lhis lime. You may be holding
yoursel back because you ear moving inlo
lhe ulure, or because you are wary o gelling
hurl by a new silualion. There may be inancial
conslrainls loo. 0o nol ear lhe unknown;
many blessings reside or you lhere.
Iurky number 8, 5
Iurky roIour 0ark green
Iurky day wednesday
lF0 July 23-August 23
you've been eeling ill, lhal will mosl likely
end soon; lhis card signiies slrenglh or lhe
relurn o slrenglh. you have an ongoing
heallh issue, you may beneil greally rom
some allernalive lheray - nulrilional
counselling, massage, dielary reslriclion, and
so orlh. This is an excellenl lime or you lo
underlake a sirilual sludy lhal you've lhoughl
aboul in lhe asl bul had nol ursued. A
sirilual leacher may aear in your lie now.
This erson will be an excellenl menlor and
will hel you lo have a new lease on lie. You
need lo be reasonable and imarlial in your
work. you are al a higher osilion, your
subordinales execl lhese lrails rom you.
Iurky number 1, G
Iurky roIour 0old
Iurky day wednesday
86III8I08 Nov 23-Dec 23
YOURWEEKAHEAD
MA0hu K0TYA
sunday
magazino
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MEh AT S0ME TME ARE MASTERS
0F ThER FATES. ThE FAuLT S h0T
h 0uR STARS BuT h 0uRSELvES;
ThAT wE ARE uh0ERLh0S
- wLLAM ShAKESFEARE
Now Dolhi, Soptombor 7, 2014
S
ense of freedom is ingrained in
our social construct, which
often tempts us to live on our
own exclusive terms. So, left to
themselves, children will prefer
playing continuously, and would not
take kindly to any restrictions
imposed on their free run. They will
prefer home comfort to being sent
to school. The youths will wish to
grab whatever they would be allured
to. Caught in their wishful thinking,
they may forget that if they have the
right to chase their fancies, the other
side too qualifies to deny the for-
mers advances on the same ground.
The elders would wish unques-
tioned compliance of their whips
while the youngsters would resist
any encroachment in their indepen-
dence. If freedom is applied in this
spirit, there has to be disorder and
chaos all around.
Life, however, has to still keep
marching ahead, despite all existen-
tial constraints. And it ought move
in a way that supports fulfillment of
individual aspirational urges, and
also take care of collective existen-
tial concerns. What then is the way
forward? A look into the ground on
which our life is rooted, becomes
imperative. For, the sense of free-
dom could prove meaningful only
when applied in conformity with the
design parameters underlying our
existence. And what does that call
for?
All empirical evidences suggest
that we are all born as a part of a
large existence, which is framed as
a unitary organism, where no indi-
vidual holds a reality independent
of the totality. But all put together
make a self-sufficient world.
Now coming down to an indi-
vidual plane, we are all born incom-
plete, both in terms of constitution-
al frame as well as our logistic con-
cerns. That, in the first place, calls
for relating to ones corresponding
opposite, so as to meet each others
constitutional void, and help each
other to progressively evolve. Also,
complement and supplement each
others efforts and together take care
of existential needs. This is the
premise on which a man-woman
relationship stands.
By and large, women are born
emotion-driven, while men are
supposed to be head-driven. In
togetherness, they could enjoy the
best of both head and heart. Also,
the two acquire each others virtues,
and rise above ones individual lim-
itations. The man and woman are
also born with a void in their indi-
vidual energy-construct. And, in
togetherness, they strengthen each
others energy structure. They, thus,
help each other evolve holistically.
But here again, the ones obliv-
ious to subtle realities of life as
explained above, would not care for
the laws of nature. They remain
stuck to the callings of their precon-
ditioned minds. Such characters are
often left behind in the run of time
difficult to cover up later. In one
such case, a lady who is already in
late thirties has been denying mar-
riage on one pretext or the other. She
begins throwing tantrums whenev-
er the parents try to counsel her. Her
parents therefore, came asking
whether she is promised of mar-
riage, and if so, why she has been
behaving so.
Going by astrological parame-
ters, her marriage is very much
promised. But, her attitudes, as are
reflected by her astrological point-
ers, have been playing the spoil-
sport. The sun is placed adverse to
both neptune and jupiter. This
makes her stuck to self-delusions
and fanciful dreams out of touch
with ground realities. She may
habitually and mindlessly prefer to
escape the truths of life. She also has
a swaggering ego, which reads
together with her virgo lagna brings
in a sense of I am the only right
person syndrome. That restricts the
scope of her vision to her self-
defined dos and donts not open to
explore truths lying beyond. It
becomes difficult for her to digest
any advice or counsel at variance
with her perceptions. The moon
placed opposite jupiter makes her
emotionally too much sensitive,
whereby she takes even trivial issues
to heart, and then stretches them
beyond due. Mars placed opposite
uranus makes her temperamental,
irritable, hypercritical, self-willed,
irritable, tactless, and at times even
irrational. Jupiter locked in adverse
formation to neptune brings in a
sense of peculiar self-defined beliefs
that further distances her from the
truths of life.
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